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  • President Macron launched French Dual Language Fund in New York

    What a day! Who would have thought 10 years ago that this day would come. Last Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated our French Dual Language Fund at the CUNY Graduate Center on Fifth Avenue in front of a large crowd of educators, parents, and supporters. His words in favor of bilingual education and the bridges… Read more

  • France’s First Lady Visited P.S. 84 and We All Loved Her!

    Last Wednesday, we hosted First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, and French Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, for a visit of P.S.84 in Manhattan. The school offers a dual-language program in French as well as one in Spanish. Principal Evelyn Lolis, her staff, teachers and students, as well as the parents, worked tirelessly to make… Read more

  • [FR] La Révolution bilingue à l’honneur dans Ouest France

    Laurent Marchand a publié pour Ouest France un article  sur La Révolution bilingue, le futur de l’éducation s’écrit en deux langues et le rôle des parents dans la création ou le développement de ces filières partout aux Etats-Unis. Question importante posée par le journaliste : est-ce que cela peut marcher en France ? Read more

  • [FR] Critique de “La Révolution bilingue” dans L’Obs

    Philippe Boulet-Gercourt a publié une critique de mon livre La Révolution bilingue, le futur de l’éducation s’écrit en deux langues pour L’Obs : Comment les écoles américaines font leur “révolution bilingue”. Merci à lui ! L’article inaugure également une nouvelle rubrique de BibliObs, “Read in the USA” (“lu aux Etats-Unis”), consacrée aux livres publiés outre-Atlantique… Read more

  • The First German Dual Language Program Featured on German Radio!

    Dear German speakers, you can now listen to the broadcast of the German radio program, ARD, on the so-called “trilingual project” at P.S. 18 in Brooklyn. Starting with Kindergarten this September, the school’s Spanish Dual Language Program is now enriched with German! The German language education is provided by the Goethe Institut New York. Read more

  • Book Party at The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn

    Back In Brooklyn where everything began! It was here that, 10 years ago, the first French dual language program was launched at P.S. 58. Many programs followed after that in French, Russian, Japanese, German, Italian, Chinese, Polish, Arabic. More programs and languages will be added in the years to come, I’m sure of that. I… Read more