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  • Talking Policy: Fabrice Jaumont on Higher Education in Africa

    I was recently interviewed for the World Policy Journal regarding my new book, Unequal Partners: American Foundations & Higher Education Development in Africa. and the role of American philanthropic foundations in shaping university education in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more

  • The 6th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education

    Last weekend, I participated at the 6th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education: Connecting Research and Practice Across Contexts organized by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The CARLA conference was an impressive gathering of bilingual and immersion educators in Minneapolis. Patricia C. Gándara, Research Professor of Education,… Read more

  • Normandale, a French Immersion School in Minnesota

    I visited an impressive French immersion school in Minnesota: Normandale elementary school in Edina. Normandale is a K–5 French immersion elementary school with more than 600 students. Normandale follows the same curriculum as that of the other elementary schools in Edina. However, all curricular content is in French and English. Finding my way around the school… Read more

  • Unequal Partners book launch at Carnegie Corporation of New York

    I launched my new book Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan., 170 pp., ISBN 978–1–137–59347–4) at Carnegie Corporation of New York. President Vartan Gregorian, who also wrote the preface, introduced the book and myself during a beautiful reception. Read more

  • The Bilingual Revolution in Rhode Island

    I participated to the Rhode Island Foreign Language Association Fall Conference 2016, “E = L3, Engagement = Lifelong Language Learning,” on Saturday, October 1st. I had the opportunity, as one of the Opening Session Plenary Panelists, to advance the cause of dual language education in Rhode Island. Read more

  • French Government Awards M.S. 256 in New York with Label “FrancEducation”

    Middle School 256 in Manhattan (154 West 93rd Street, New York, NY) was awarded the Label FrancEducation by the French Government for its successful French dual language program. The ceremony took place at M.S. 256 on September 22, 2016 in the presence of Brigitte Ayrault, wife of Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Bénédicte de Montlaur,… Read more