What Foreign Languages are Teens Learning?

According to a recent article in the New York Times, thousands of public schools have stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade.  Chinese classes on the other hand have increased.  It seems the Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools around the world  and are paying part of their salaries.
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Trying Not to Lecture

Sometimes when I “talk” to my kids my voice and words turn into something else.  It’s kind of like a little gremlin crawls inside of my throat and turns on the switch that says Lecture Mode. Why is that?  I don’t like to be lectured and I certainly didn’t like to be lectured when I [...]

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Nielsen’s New Numbers Out for Digital Media

Nielsen, the market research and television ratings company, recently released some interesting facts about the state of media consumption in America.  Ironically it was released during CES.
According to Nielsen, there are over 195 million active Internet users and mobile phone use has sky-rocketed to around 223 million.  As parents of teens you won’t be surprised [...]

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