There’ll be no new posts for a couple of weeks while I’m away on vacation. See you all again at the beginning of August!
The Education Ministry will use the results of the 2008 Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) as the benchmark to determine the policy on the teaching of Science and Mathematics in the English language. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail said the ministry was conducting a study of 2008 UPSR pupils who had been taught […]
Hong Kong’s students must master English to ensure the country’s global competitiveness. This was the message today from Secretary for Education Michael Suen, speaking at the Heung Hoi Ching Kok Lin Association’s Secondary & Primary Schools & Kindergartens.
He shared with students views raised among member economies at the fourth APEC Education Ministerial Meeting he attended […]
The Vail School District is moving forward with implementing the English Language Learner program for the 2008-09 school year, as mandated in a court battle that started in 1992.
Under the state mandate, starting next year, all Arizona schools will be required to teach four hours of English a day to students who aren’t proficient in […]
Using songs she herself had written, a 25-year-old American Peace Corps volunteer is teaching high school students how to speak good English.
The Peace Corps volunteers in the Philippines say they are simply serving as “catalysts” in the combined effort by the government, the private sector and international agencies to improve an ailing public education system. […]
