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A Bilingual Revolution is Underway, an Article for the Goethe-Institut USA
I recently wrote an article for the Goethe-Institut USA online magazine: “A Bilingual Revolution is Underway” (also available in German “Die Revolution der Zweisprachigkeit“). Read more
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Resolution 890: Hearing of the New York City Council’s Education Committee on November 22, 2016
I spoke yesterday in favor of more multilingual education and dual language programs in public schools at a hearing of the NYC Council’s Education Committee. Here is my testimonial. Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
