February 2013

Learning in a mother language is incredibly important

Learning in a mother language (first language) is incredibly important to children’s further development and education. Early grade reading instruction should be in a language children speak and understand. When instruction is in an unfamiliar language, an enormous amount of time must be spent first teaching children to understand, speak, read, and write that foreign language. This is …

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New Diaspora Minister Bernice Fidelia plans to organize Haitians abroad

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The new Minister of Haitians Living Abroad, Bernice Fidelia, acknowledged that she had a lot of work ahead of her working with 4.5 million Haitians living in the Diaspora. Speaking to reporters after the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday, the successor of Daniel Supplice said that she had plans in place for …

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Education and the Post-2015 Development Agenda | Brookings Institution

Education and the Post-2015 Development Agenda | Brookings Institution. As the 2015 expiration date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, the goal of achieving universal access to primary education is unlikely to be realized. Worldwide, 61 million children still do not have access to primary school and millions more are in school but not …

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Class Size Tradeoffs in the Court of Public Opinion | Brookings Institution

Class Size Tradeoffs in the Court of Public Opinion | Brookings Institution. Budget cuts have caused increases in class size in states across the nation in recent years.  Between 2009 and 2010, the pupil-teacher ratio in the U.S. increasedby more than half a student for the first time since the Great Depression.  The nationwide increase …

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