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The Impact of Bilingualism on Aging: A Conversation with Ana Ines Ansaldo
A few days ago, I was very fortunate to spend time with Ana Ines Ansaldo, who kindly visited me in Willsboro, on beautiful Lake Champlain, where I am working on my book, The Bilingual Revolution. Dr. Ansaldo is a professor at the School of Speech Therapy and Audiology at the University of Montreal where she… Read more
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Marybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania, endorses Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa
Fabrice Jaumont has written a book that needed to be written decades ago. Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa tells the complicated story of how philanthropy has shaped higher education, in both positive and negative ways. Although the “great” philanthropists have been lauded in many books for decades, recent scholarship has… Read more
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One Good Question: How parent organizing leads to revolution
I was recently interviewed by Rhonda Broussard as part of her series of interviews with international educators, policy makers, and leaders titled “One Good Question.” Read more
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“Measuring the Influence of Language on Grant- Making by U.S. Foundations in Africa” – An Article for Reconsidering Development
I contributed an article with Jack Klempay in Reconsidering Development, an international, open access, and peer reviewed e-journal that aims to create an equitable space for dialogue and discussion concerning the theory and practice of international development (published by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing). Read more
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[PL] Pierwszy polski dwujęzyczny program językowy w P.S. 34 w Brooklyn
Dziś rano, dzięki pomocy dyrektora Carmen Asselta, odwiedziłem polski program językowy (DLP) w podstawowej szkole publicznej nr. 34 im. Olivera H. Perry’ego w Greenpoint, na Brooklynie. W pierwszym roku swojego działania program dwujęzyczny osiągnął imponujące wyniki wraz z wartym naśladowania poświęceniem ze strony nauczycieli, pracowników, rodziców i lidera szkoły, który jest mocno zainteresowany edukacją wielojęzykową. Read more
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Private Foundations and the Perils of Education Development
Issues around the impact of donor funding on education reform have resurfaced both in the local and global arenas. A recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times [1] questioned the role of foundations and philanthropists in U.S. public education, highlighting the Gates Foundation’s debatable “failures” to accomplish concrete results. On her well-followed blog, Diane Ravitch… Read more
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