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Culture Change: Expanding World Language for Young Learners

This event takes place on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 2 to 3 p.m. ET. The United States is trailing the European Union and other competitor nations in the number and growth of bilingual residents. But beyond economic competitiveness, too many students are missing out on the significant cognitive and cultural benefits of second language acquisition, which include increased scholastic success, heightened sympathy for others, and increased creativity. Part of this language deficit can be attributed to tight school budgets and schedules that have created a dearth of early language programs in American schools. However, some progressive educators and political leaders are working to reverse this trend by implementing innovative, culturally authentic programs for elementary and middle schools. This webinar will bring  together some of these innovators for an engaging discussion on successful strategies for bringing flexible, culturally-authentic, and academically-rigorous world language instruction to young learners. Guests: S. Dallas Dance, superintendent, Baltimore County public schools Aline Germain-Rutherford, associate dean of the language schools, Middlebury College, Vt. Jacque Van Houten, former ACTFL president, Jefferson County public schools, Louisville, Ky. Moderator: Abigail Mendenhall, client services manager, Middlebury Interactive  Languages Education Week is serving only as the host for this presentation. The content was created by the sponsor. The opinions expressed in this webinar are those of the sponsor and do not reflect the opinion of or constitute an endorsement by Editorial Projects in Education or any of its publications. Closed-captioning is available for this event. On the date of the event,  you can log in as early as 15 minutes before the start of the webinar. Open the “Closed-Captioning” link from the “handouts folder” (located at the bottom of the console) to access Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). A transcript will also be available for download from the handouts folder within three business days after the event. Registration is FREE but is also required to attend this event. Please register now. If you have already registered for this event, click here to go to the login page.   #RethinkDiscipline: Addressing Disparities  in School Discipline Watch OSERS Assistant Secretary Michael Yudin, U.S. Department of Education, doing a livediscussion with experts and practitioners regarding  disparities in school discipline on March 16, 2016 3:30 pm EST. Panelists will discuss disparities in school discipline and ways to eliminate those disparities by addressing implicit bias, and implementing restorative justice strategies. The Assistant Secretary Yudin will be joined by: Dr. Kent McIntosh | University of Oregon Robert Spicer | Restorative Strategies  Pamela Odom | Principal, Grant Middle School  Please watch the March 16th discussion at 3:30 pm EST, at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KWDdoJJLDw

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