Some of the young people who attended the Harristown House Language Summer School last year By Brian Byrne WHEN Harristown House language school near Carnalway, Kilcullen, was established by Noella Beaumont in the summer of 2019, the idea was to give young students from France, Italy and Spain a uniqueRead More →
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic over a year ago, IDP Education (Cambodia) and its English language school, the Australian Center for Education (ACE), have been at the forefront of efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of all staff, teachers, students, their families and the wider community throughoutRead More →
Amid recent Catholic school closures, the Diocese of Rockville Center plans to offer a new school on two campuses for bilingual immersion and is seeking, in part, to attract Hispanic families. The diocese said it would form kindergarten through eighth grade, combining two facilities that had served as schools inRead More →
LUXEMBURG, Wis. (WFRV) – Demolition and construction work began this week in preparation for the Luxembourg-Casco School District’s new Ahnapee Diesel program, which begins with the start of the 2021-22 school year. According to a statement, part of the former Casco District College is being converted into a diesel andRead More →
Teaching in an international school is often an ambition for future teachers. But how does this differ from other schools? First, international schools promote international education in an international environment by adopting a different curriculum than the country in which it is located. For example, a school in India mightRead More →
Image credit: Lingoda Lingoda, a Berlin-based startup that offers online language courses, has announced that it has raised $68 million (about 57 million euros) in a new fundraising round. The round was led by global growth investor Summit Partners. In addition, existing investor Conny Boersch, founder of Mountain Partners, whoRead More →
A Berlin-based startup that has built and grown a successful online language learning platform based on live teachers and virtual classrooms is today announcing funding to continue growing its business. Lingoda, which connects students who want to learn a language – currently English, Spanish, French or German – with native-speakingRead More →
Update:The district said Wednesday afternoon that summer school hours could be extended beyond four hours due to additional funding. The district did not yet know how many hours, but said it would likely be more than four, as previously reported by district officials. The Washoe County School District will offerRead More →
Brookline has several contested races ahead of the May 4 municipal election, with voters expected to weigh in on two separate school committee races. Current committee members David Arenas Pearlman, Jennifer L. Monopoli and Dimitry Anselme are vying for the undisputed three-year school committee seats. However, there are also twoRead More →
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) – New York City announced on Tuesday that it will offer a new program called “Summer Rising,” an open invitation to free summer classes for all K-12 students who wish to participate. It will be open both to students assigned to the summer school for remedialRead More →
The news that English Language Teaching Schools (ELTs) will have to remain closed has brought the sector “to its knees”, said the Federation of English Language Teaching Organizations in Malta (FELTOM). As Maltese schools will begin to reopen from todayEnglish-language schools have been ordered to remain closed for the foreseeableRead More →
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the elite US Army language school in Monterey, is removing Hebrew from its list of languages due to low demand. Natela Cutter, spokesperson for the institute, said Tuesday that the current course would be the last in Monterey, but the language would stillRead More →
In March 2021, a series of matches organized and managed by the students and staff of the Shanghai Foreign Language School (SFLS) was officially launched and nearly 200 players from seven different levels participated in the league. SFLS is the first Chinese school to officially integrate a floorball program intoRead More →