Language In America

[Andre Cramblit]

LIVE CHAT:
Topic: Language: Mission Critical

Where: http://www.edweek-chat.org/
When: Wednesday, April 5, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time

Please join us for a live Web chat about foreign-lanuage education in  
the United States.  Our guests, EDUCATION WEEK Associate Editor  
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo and Assistant Editor Mary Ann Zehr will  
discuss their special series, "Language: Mission Critical."

Both in the United States and abroad, political, business, and  
education leaders are urging greater attention to teaching children  
foreign languages to help bolster international competitiveness, and  
in some cases, national security. Even if the message is getting  
through to classrooms, often the resources aren't.

In this chat, our guests will field questions about the obstacles to  
expanding and improving such offerings as well as innovative  
approaches to building students' language skills.

The first two installments of the series are online here:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/03/29/29mismatch.h25.html
and the third will be available online April 12.

Join us for this special chat with two of EDUCATION WEEK's most  
respected journalists.

Submit questions here:
http://www.edweek-chat.org/question.php3

No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to  
participate in this text-based chat. A transcript will be posted  
shortly after the completion of the chat.