5 Hard Truths About Saving for College and the Cost of Education
“American families overwhelmingly expect their children to attend college,” Sallie Mae’s How America Saves for College 2013 report says. “The majority of parents believe in the value of a college...
View ArticleLearning English: Johnson: How hard is English? How weird?
JOHNSON gets mail. Tom K., a reader in Ottawa, asks: I had always understood English to be a reasonably easy language to learn, because it lacks many of the features that make other languages...
View Article6 Hard Truths About Top Prep Schools and Tech That Will Definitely Surprise...
In an era of shrinking school budgets and mile-long wish lists, staying ahead of the IT curve is only getting tougher for public school districts, some of which may romanticize just how green the grass...
View ArticleFrom “Hard” and “Soft” to “Thick” and “Thin” | Harvard Graduate School of...
This article originally appeared in Education Week One problem with the school reform debate today is the way we cut the debate. One common way of pitching the problem is as “hard” versus “soft.” In...
View ArticleThe Bard Isn’t Hard: 10 Resources For Teaching Shakespeare
My students are all studying Romeo and Juliet in their English class. In my history class, I see the papers, monologues, and notes everywhere–their deadline must be soon. “Miss, can you read this for...
View ArticleOn The Forums: Using “Andar” In Portuguese; Is German Hard To Learn?
Have you checked out the Living Language Community Forums lately? There are some great tips from our eTutors, and it’s the perfect place to ask your questions about studying any language. There are so...
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Why Learning French isn’t hard — Fluent in 3 months – Language Hacking and...
Today’s guest post is from Zack, (@zackjsimon) who is a long-term reader of the blog and has sent me this guest post idea for a concept that you all know I like to write about for as many languages as...
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King Lear–Shakespeare And The Hard Lessons of Leadership|Uncle Guido’s Facts
Thursday, January 23, 2014 King Lear is both a political and personal play, for it concerns the fate of a naïve but principled man who learns too late that his arrogance and insularity have kept him...
View ArticleHow To Learn A Language That Has Really ‘Hard’ Grammar Easily | The...
Happy Spring time, all It’s been about 8 weeks now since I moved to Russia and started immersing myself in the Russian language. Despite all the bad news coming out about the whole Russia/Ukraine...
View ArticleCentre College | Governor’s School for the Arts Final Day Festival showcases...
As the Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) wraps up its final week and debut at Centre College, students are preparing for the Final Day Festival, the culmination of three weeks of...
View ArticleJohnson: Grammar: Hard questions, not easy answers
TODAY is National Grammar Day in America. (It really should be International Grammar Day, but Johnson’s urging on this point has been unheeded.) It was founded by a group called the Society for the...
View ArticlePanel Tackles the Hard Questions about Regression on Civil Rights | Boston...
“Equality recession.” That’s a term coined by two leaders of BC’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Alvin Reynolds and Taisha Sturdivant, to describe what they see as failings in the ongoing...
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Is it True that German is Hard to Learn? – Fluent in 3 months – Language
I’m fed up with the myth that German is hard to learn for English speakers. Learning another language can be infuriating, particularly as you find yourself committing grammar rules, pronunciations, and...
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