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Dr. Carmella Franco will facilitate the search process for the next Executive Director for ALAS. As a founding member of ALAS, she shares our commitment to select the best possible candidate for this important leadership position.
As ALAS State Affiliates, you are invited to provide your input and recommendations for the next Executive Director during an online forum to be held on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern Time).
If you would like to RSVP to join the call — please click here.
ALAS
Join ALAS as we partner with FETC to host our 2nd Annual Pre-Conference Partner/Match Sessions on January 13-14, 2020 in Miami, Florida!
Our Partner/Match Sessions are designed to provide one-on-one meetings between ALAS education leaders and solution providers to discuss areas of interest for the upcoming year. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to; Curriculum and Instruction, STEAM, Digital Content/Virtual Reality, Online Resources, Facilities, Security, Finance, Leadership, Professional Development, Assessment, English Learners, Data Management and more!
ALAS Members: For your time and commitment, ALAS will cover your room and board for one night and provide current ALAS National members with a $250.00 scholarship to be awarded to an outstanding teacher or student in your school district.
State affiliate groups with 5 or more attendees will receive $2,500 per affiliate, groups with 10 or more attendees will receive $5,000 per state affiliate.
As an ALAS member you get a FREE Basic Pass to FETC that gives you access to:
- 6 dedicated tracks, including the Future of Ed Tech Administrator track
- 3 dynamic Keynote presentations with Daniel Pink, Justin Shaifer and the expert panel of Tech Share LIVE!
- 380+ sessions exploring current and emerging technologies, as well as best practices to plan, integrate and manage it all
- A look into the growing world of esports and how to set up and maintain the technology for this in-demand program.
(Workshops require an additional registration fee.)
FETC® is the premier ed tech conference for administrators, principals and teams!
The Future of Education Technology® Conference is tailored to meet the needs of district administrators, principals and their teams. As a district or school leader, you are always seeking technology-driven solutions, strategies and insights to help you carry out your role. FETC® can provide you with the right resources, experts and answers to do just that.
To get your FREE Basic Pass be sure to register with Promo Code ALAS2020. Interested in upgrading your pass to attend intensive, 2-hour workshops? Use the same Promo Code and just pay the difference for your selected pass rate! Promo code valid for ALAS members only.
ALAS
Calling all ALAS State Affiliates to join us for our 2020 State Affiliates Leadership Conference!
2020 SALC will be hosted by our amazing partners — Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona March 6-8, 2020!
More details will be announced in the coming weeks!
GCU has been a dedicated partner of ALAS and our mission towards achieving equitable access to education for all students. This past year they set out to provide ALAS members with (3) $5,000 scholarships for doctoral or master's programs offered 100% online at GCU. Click here to find out more & apply!
Download the ALAS 2020 Calendar
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ALAS
A special thank you to our keynote speakers and members for inspiring all of us to continue our work to achieve equity in education for all students! Every year we gather for our national education summit to bring together brilliant minds and exchange ideas and best practices on how to be the best leaders we can be. ALAS thanks everyone who joined us this year, and we invite you all to join us next year in Portland, Oregon, October 7-10, 2020!
A special thank you to our partners for supporting ALAS and our work to achieve equity in education!
View the 2019 ALAS Education Summit Partners
In order for ALAS to continue to organize and host great events — we ask that our members provide us with their feedback! Click this link to join the exchange to share your thoughts on this year's Summit!
Kimberley Glascoe, U.S. Census Bureau Statistics in Schools program
I recently had the privilege of attending the ALAS 16th Annual Education Summit in Orlando, Florida. Not only did I leave feeling empowered, I left feeling a sense of unity. After all, ALAS is a familia. There were multiple times where speakers mentioned the upcoming 2020 Census to the audience, stating the importance not only for their communities, but for their schools as well.
Did you know that responses to the 2020 Census will drive decisions on the allocation of more than $675 billion in federal funds to states and communities each year for the next ten years? This includes support for school programs and services such as free and reduced-price lunch, classroom technology, head start, teacher training, special education, and more. The $675 billion also includes funds for services that influence student readiness for learning, such as child health programs and assistance with housing, heating, and food costs.
As a school leader, you make decisions every day that impact the communities in which you serve. You play an important role in student development and lay out the framework to make sure your students achieve their academic goals. Now that you know the impact the census will have on schools in your community, below are three things you can do today to prepare your teachers, students and their families for the 2020 Census by using free resources from the U.S. Census Bureau's Statistics in Schools (SIS) program.
Get Involved.
Promote the Statistics in Schools (SIS) Program and educate your community and teachers about the importance of counting all children in the 2020 Census. Your efforts today will impact schools, students, and communities for the next 10 years. This fall, all administrators in schools across the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas will receive a booklet introducing them to the 2020 Census Statistics in Schools program. This guide provides materials to share with teachers to explain and promote the SIS program, and information about the 2020 Census' impact on school funding. Download the online version here.
Share 2020 SIS Resources.
New activities designed specifically for the 2019-2020 school year spotlight the 2020 Census and the importance of making sure everyone is counted, especially children. Download activities for pre-K through 12th grade to make a difference for your students, school, and community. Our fun and interactive pre-K materials are available in English and Spanish to help young children understand the 2020 Census and introduce them to the idea of data. New English Language Learners (ELL) and adult English as a Second Language (ESL) activities highlight the country’s diversity and emphasize the value of counting everyone in the 2020 Census. There are also Spanish activities for K through 12th grade for Puerto Rico.
Support the Count of Young Children.
Newborn babies and young children under five are often missed in the decennial census, with consequences that can impact their lives for the next 10 years. When children are missed in the count, it often is because of complex living situations, such as when one or more parents are not present in the home, large extended families, or when the child only lives in the home some of the time.
Send information to students' homes that explains how and why to complete the 2020 Census and count all children. By the next census, children now in kindergarten will be in high school. This is a once-in-a-decade chance to help make sure they have what they need to be successful. Learn how you can help make sure your community is counted be counted by visiting www.census.gov/schools.
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Intervention Compass removes the guesswork and saves your staff time by placing all student data in one place. Teachers and admin can get back to talking about how to support the whole child. Check out how Intervention Compass is saving Gabe and his team a whole lot of time at Newport Mesa.
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ALAS
Members of ALAS join forces with more than 6,000 of their peers from across the country with the mission to provide leadership at the national level that assures every school in America effectively serves the educational needs of all students, with an emphasis on Latinx youth, by building capacity, promoting best practices and transforming educational institutions. Become a member today and be a part of the change you want to see!
Sign up to be an ALAS member for 2019–2020
Visit ALAS website to join ALAS or renew your membership!
ALAS
ALAS granted a $10,000 scholarship and a $2,000 scholarship this year thanks to our partner Curriculum Associates who sponsored the ALAS scholarships for the fifth consecutive year! Thank you Curriculum Associates!
ALAS recognizes Latinx administrators for their leadership by providing assistance toward an advanced degree in education. The top recipient recieves a one-time $10,000 scholarship award and the runner-up recipient receives one-time $2,000 scholarship award. The scholarships are made payable to the recipients’ institution of higher learning and the recipients will be presented the award during the Awards Banquet at the 16th Annual ALAS Education Summit in Orlando, FL.
Thank you to all the aspiring Latinx Leaders that applied for our scholarships!
2019 ALAS & Curriculum Associates Scholarship Recipients are:
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Belinda Reyes;
Executive Director
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Instruction, and Compliance,
School District of
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Beatriz Maldonado;
Director of Language
Acquisition, Berwyn South
School District 100,
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Congratulations to our scholarship recipients! On behalf of the ALAS Board of Directors and Curriculum Associates, we are honored to present the recipients with this award!
ALAS
ALAS in partnership with Grand Canyon University will award three (3) $5,000 scholarships to attend Grand Canyon University in either the M.Ed. Educational Administration, Doctor of Education (Ed.D), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), or Doctor of Business Administrations (DBA) programs this fall. The programs are offered 100% online.
View Eligibility Requirements & Application Process
ALAS
The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) is to obtain data related to the nation's public school districts and elementary and secondary schools' obligation to provide equal educational opportunity. The Trump administration is currently working to roll back the enforcement of civil rights laws by undermining the federal data collections.
The CRDC contains excellent reports on data that include: per pupil expenditures (and comparing them between districts and schools), school enrollment, gifted and talented enrollment, AP enrollment, suspension and expulsion categorized by student demographics. The public portal to use it is: https://ocrdata.ed.gov/DistrictSchoolSearch.
ALAS
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) stands with the Hispanic Education Coalition (HEC), which unities 17 national organizations dedicated to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for the more than 59 million Lations and Latinas living in the United States and Puerto Rico, write to oppose Mr. Allen's amendment to the H.R. 4674, the College Affordability Act.
If enacted, the amendment would exclude institutions of higher education that grant immigrant students instate tuition from receiving federal benefits, including allowing any of their students to access federal financial aid. Read the amendment here.
| Meet the ALAS Board of Directors
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President:
Ana V. Ortiz
Retired Superintendent
Oxford Public Schools
Oxford, Connecticut
(Term expires 10/20) |
President Elect:
Dr. Francisco Duran
Chief Equity Officer;
Virginia State Board of
Education Member
Fairfax County Public Schools
Falls Church, Virginia
(Term expires 10/20) |
Treasurer – Director
Region 2 Northwest:
Dr. Gustavo Balderas
Superintendent
Eugene School District 4J
Eugene, Oregon
(Treasurer Term expires 10/20,
Regional Term expires 10/22) |
Secretary – Region
5 Midwest:
Dr. Charles Johns
Superintendent
Glenbrook High
School District 225
Glenview, Illinois
(Secretary Term Expires 10/20,
Region 5 Term Expires 10/21) |
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Director – Region I West:
Dr. Ruth Perez;
Superintendent
Paramount
Unified School District, CA
(Term expires 10/21) |
Director – At Large
Higher Education:
Dr. Maria Ott
Executive in Residence
USC School of Education
Los Angeles, California
(Term expires 10/21) |
Director – Region 3
Southwest:
Dr. Lily DeBlieux
Superintendent
Pendergast Elementary
School District
Phoenix, Arizona
(Term expires 10/21) |
Director – Region 6
Northeast:
Dr. Alex Marrero
Assistant Superintendent
East Ramapo Central
School District
Spring Valley, New York
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Director – Region 4:
Juan E. Cabrera Jr. JD.
Superintendent
El Paso Independent
School District
El Paso, Texas
(Term expires 10/22) |
Director at Large:
Dr. Danna Diaz
Superintendent of Schools
Reynolds School District
Reynolds, OR
(Term expires 10/22) |
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Hartford Courant
Hartford Magazine recognized 30 exceptional women in the fields of business, education, health care, arts, public service, philanthropy, religion, and sports who are making a significant difference in their communities. READ MORE.
Congratulations Dr. Torres-Rodriguez!
West Chicago School District 33
West Chicago District 33's Board of Education announced at a special board meeting that it has selected Kristina Davis as the next district superintendent. Members of the Board selected Kristina at the conclusion of a search with BWP and Associates that included over 30 applicants.
The superintendent search process included an audit that gathered both survey and focus-group input from the community. This qualitative and quantitative input was then used to create a candidate profile. The board wishes to thank all community and staff members who participated in this process. The information gathered was very helpful to the board in determining the best candidate for the position.
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ALAS currently has 17 State Affiliates across the nation. Their primary mission is to increase the support and networking for Latinx leaders as well as advocate for all students, especially the underrepresented Latinx students in their state communities. They are an extension of ALAS by which they serve to build a solid network of influence and advocacy at the national level.
Learn more about our State Affiliates
ALAS
Stay up to date with all ALAS happenings by joining ALAS every third Friday of the month for our ALAS State Affiliates Call! Email contact@alasedu.org to RSVP.
Our next upcoming call is Friday, January 17th, 2020.
The December call will be postponed in observance of the holidays.
| Upcoming NYC NYSALAS Networking Events!
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NYC Regional Meeting and Networking Event
Friday, December 13, 2019 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
NYC L3: Linking Latina Leaders Network Event
Friday, February 28, 2020 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
NYC Regional Meeting and Networking Event
Friday, April 3, 2020 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
| New Postings Every Week on ALAS Website!
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11/22/19 — Superintendent, Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI
11/15/19 — Education Leaders, Green Bay Area Public Schools, WI
11/15/19 — Assistant Superintendent, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, IN
11/15/19 — Director III, Compensation - Human Resources Division, Clark County School District, NV
11/08/19 — Deputy Superintendent, The Springfield, Missouri Public School District, MO
11/08/19 — Director of Academics, Mission Achievement and Success Charter School, NM
11/08/19 — Principal, Cristo Rey St. Viator College, NV
11/08/19 — Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Wonderful College Prep Academy, CA
11/07/19 — Superintendent, Center School District, MO
11/06/19 — Director of Youth Development and Social Innovation, City of Las Vegas, NV
11/06/19 — Superintendent, Fort Wayne Community Schools, IN
11/06/19 — Chief Technology Officer, Clark County School District, NV
11/05/19 — Superintendent, Willingboro, NJ
11/05/19 — Superintendent, Rockville Centre School District, NY
11/05/19 — Superintendent, DeKalb County School District, GA
11/01/19 — Principal, Missouri Public School District, MO
11/01/19 — Superintendent, Madison Metropolitan School District, IL
VISIT ALAS WEBSITE FOR MORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES & INFORMATION!
The Hechinger Report
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments for several cases regarding the legality of the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The DACA decision, which is expected to be announced early next year, will affect thousands of undocumented students and their families.
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District Administration Magazine
District leaders are increasingly under the microscope for allowing hate speech and implicit bias in education to fester on their campuses, with some schools facing the likelihood of lawsuits. In Virginia, the state attorney general's office recently launched an investigation into Loudoun County Public Schools for allegedly failing to provide African-American students equal access to programs and for not doing enough to combat incidents of racist bullying and "hostile learning environments" for students of color, reported the Washington Post.
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School Leaders Now
As an educator, a day will come when you need to call child protective services. Perhaps you have already been through this experience — or even face it many times a year. One thing is for sure: It never gets easier. But we do it because we have to. We do it because children need us and because it's our job. More than three million children in the U.S. are abused each year. Of the cases reported, 16 percent are submitted by educators .
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By: Christine Mulhern (commentary)
 Counselor effectiveness is most important for low-achieving and low-income students, perhaps because these students are most likely to lack other sources of information and assistance. Good counselors tend to improve all measures of educational attainment, but some specialize in improving high school behavior while others specialize in increasing selective college attendance. Improving access to effective counseling may be a promising way to increase educational attainment and close socioeconomic gaps in education.
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Edutopia
Coaching is the key to transforming a school from a collection of classrooms to a learning organization that thinks and grows together. Coaching has the power to transform a school or district, and as school administrators, we've witnessed the extraordinary ways that coaching benefits a learning community. The big question is: How can leaders create a culture of coaching to maximize its impact?
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EdSurge
A few years ago, Chrissy Romano-Arribito began to experience something that may sound familiar to a lot of teachers: burnout. Or not burnout, exactly, but demoralization. Romano-Arribito is an EdSurge columnist and has spent about 27 years in the classroom teaching everything from first grade to middle school in her home state of New Jersey. But while teaching middle school a few years ago, she began to feel the squeeze from high stakes testing, administrator turnover and battles over curriculum scripting. It was making it hard for her to do good work. Worse, it began sapping her love of teaching.
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The Technology Record
The Cognizant U.S. Foundation, Microsoft Philanthropies and Walmart.org are investing US$3 million in CodePath.org to increase inclusion and diversity in computer science through education. According to Microsoft, the funding will deliver an "industry-informed computer science curriculum at 150 college campuses nationwide, and support women and students of colour studying and pursuing careers in technology."
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eSchool News
Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. But the obstacles aren't just about location. In many cases, school leaders need to justify why the district should invest in the first place. During the edWebinar "Technology in Rural Schools: Leading with Why," presenters discussed how they overcame challenges and helped the community understand the value of tech in schools.
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THE Journal
When it comes to instruction, teachers want to spend more time working directly with students who need intervention and providing one-on-one support. However, a recent survey finds 60% of teachers are worried that implementing technology tools could damage the student-teacher relationship.
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By: Angela Cleveland (commentary)
 The first week of December is nationally recognized in schools as Computer Science Education Week or "CSEdWeek." This is a week dedicated to providing students in all grade levels with opportunities to learn about computer science. Many websites offer entertaining and engaging ways to introduce algorithms, loops, conditionals, and other CS concepts to students. While hands-on coding activities foster a fun introduction and spark interest, many educators are looking for more ways to embed the value of CS into a school's physical environment and highlight how CS intersects with other content areas.
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Tech Crunch
Apple announced an expansion of its program designed to get more students coding. The company says it has redesigned the "Everyone Can Code" curriculum with a focus on introducing more elementary and middle school students to coding, while also adding more resources for teachers, a new student guide, and refreshed Swift Coding Club materials. It's also adding thousands of free coding sessions at Apple Stores in December, to celebrate Computer Science Education Week.
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eSchool News
Preparing young children for jobs that haven’t been invented yet may sound like a difficult task for educators, but a recent edWebinar showed how preK and kindergarten teachers can start developing the skills needed for future careers. Marnie Forestieri, the CEO of Young Innovators, and Debby Mitchell, Ed.D., a Young Innovators curriculum writer, explained the process for creating lesson plans that include projects introducing science, technology, engineering, arts and math, noting that "STEAM happens naturally in young children as they explore and investigate the world around them."
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Education Week
José Viana, the director of the U.S. Department of Education's office of English language acquisition, has announced his plans to resign by the end of November. Viana, who has led the office since April 2017, let Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos know about his plans to leave the post by the end of November. In the role, he oversees a $60 million budget and the education of the nation's nearly 5 million English language learners.
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NPR
When Elle Simone Scott was a young girl, her family relied on food stamps and her school's free lunch program to get by. "At several points in my life, receiving free lunch when I needed it the most, it was so beneficial for me," she says. "You know, it was sometimes the most complete meal that I and some of my friends would have in a day." Now Scott, a chef and TV host of America's Test Kitchen, is part of a coalition fighting to save the program from a proposed rule change by the Trump administration.
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Education Week
The public comment window closed this week on proposed changes to the massive trove of civil rights data the U.S. Department of Education collects from every public school in the country. The proposed changes — including the addition of new data on religous-based bullying and the elimination of an array of data points — drew praise from advocates concerned about anti-Semitism in schools, but concern from civil rights groups and policymakers who believe the elimination of some data will make it more difficult to weed out disparities.
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The Associated Press via Hawaii News Now
Hawaii education officials say public school students who study and master English as a second language before high school were more likely to graduate on time than native speakers. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday that 90% of students who completed the state's English Learner program before entering high school graduated on time. Data presented to the state Board of Education Nov. 7 shows students who did not require English language support had an on-time graduation rate of 83%.
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Cape Gazette
H.O. Brittingham Elementary immersion students celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with displays and dances to recognize Hispanic and Latino American contributions to America's history, heritage and culture. Second-grade Spanish-speaking teacher Benny Rodriguez said students in kindergarten through second grade participated in a project to research different countries and create displays depicting what they learned, all in Spanish.
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The Nation
It's easy to forget that the United States has no official language. Practically everything we read or hear is in English, to the point where it becomes the sine qua non for all interactions in our lives. For a country as diverse as ours, it's easy to imagine how this presumption of monolingualism can make the lives of many confusing and difficult. And English language learning students, especially, should receive an equal education regardless of their level of fluency.
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The Hechinger Report
Too few parents and teachers are talking about race, gender and other identity traits with children often enough, which means they are missing out on critical opportunities to teach children to become tolerant of differences from an early age. That's one of the main findings of a new report by Sesame Workshop, which surveyed 6,070 parents of children ages 3 to 12 and 1,046 teachers from preschool to fifth grade. Experts say this trend can have serious implications, because when adults don't talk to kids about these topics, kids learn that identity is a taboo topic. They may also start to believe the stereotypes and biases they’re presented with in everyday life.
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The Runner
Dilpreet Kaur, a contributor for The Runner, writes: "For me, being born in India and fluent in three languages brings a lot of benefits. In the very beginning, when children step into schools, they're taught that they can't survive without learning English. That's the power of English language. It rules the whole world, and for many, English has become part of the basic need to survive. Learning and becoming an expert in more than one language gives people a more positive perspective. It helps in maintaining good communication skills and makes a person a quicker and more effective learner."
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New America
A growing body of research suggests that DLLs' academic and language development is well supported by dual language programs that provide instruction in English and the home language with the goal of bilingualism and biliteracy. A new study from the Urban Institute (funded by the Foundation for Child Development) extends this literature base by examining the impact of dual language on the English and Spanish oral proficiency of DLL children in Head Start.
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University of Rochester via Science Daily
Linguistic research suggests that accents are strongly shaped by the speaker's first language they learned growing up. New research sheds light on just how strong these effects can be. This work is the first to evaluate these effects on a large scale and may lead to novel methods of instruction for adults learning to speak foreign languages.
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Study International News
There has been a noticeable shift towards educating students, in both schools and universities, on how to develop global skills. Global skills are those that must be developed in order to operate in an international context. As the rise of technology leads more and more companies towards becoming globally interconnected, these skills are important for all to acquire — particularly international students.
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