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English Please?.. English Plus!

English Please?.. English Plus!

We’ve all heard this issue brought up time and time again. Being from Florida, I often hear calls for English to be declared our national language. In the state of Washington, airline passengers are greeted at Sea-Tac in Japanese. The problem becomes how to help non-English speakers learn while respecting an individual’s rights to speak [...]

TV Babysitters? The New Bright Idea from the House Republican Conference

TV Babysitters? The New Bright Idea from the House Republican Conference

The House Republican Conference response to the Early Support for Families Act isn’t what you might expect. The bill, which is meant to help prevent child abuse and create early learning opportunities in at-risk communities, was countered by the House Rs who proposed free DVDs. The DVDs they mentioned is Baby Einstein; a program that [...]