ELT World North America

Georgia: JeeHae Lee found her passion in a “garten” more than 5,000 miles from her South Korean home. She and her mother, Hi-Ja Kim, a school principal, traveled to Germany as part of a delegation studying the various ways countries educate children. Lee’s exploration led her to Athens, where today she serves as a lead [...]

Georgia: Four days a week after school, some Grovetown Elementary School pupils practice basic life skills such as counting money to build their English speaking skills. Right beside them, their parents are also building their English vocabulary. Such programs for families of English as a Second Language pupils have allowed school personnel to bridge a [...]

Georgia: Recently released test scores show both Hall County and Gainesville schools’ English language learners exceeded state targets for English proficiency progress in the 2007-2008 school year. Hall County and Gainesville schools passed all three annual measurable achievement objectives under No Child Left Behind pertaining to the performance of limited English proficient students last school [...]