Beyond Three Cups of Tea Part 2: Female Literacy

In a previous post, I discussed one part of a lecture given at Brigham Young University by Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea.

During the lecture, Mortenson shared his belief that education is the key to promoting peace and should be our top global priority. He explained,

There are 120 million children in the world today who can’t go to school because of slavery, religious extremism, gender discrimination, corrupt governments. Seventy eight million are female…We can drop bombs, we can build roads, we can put in electricity, we can put in computers, but unless girls are educated, a society will never change.

Happy Thanksgiving

At Imagine Learning, we're thankful for:

• Customer support calls (even the ones that come in at 4 AM) because the feedback helps us to continually improve our products and services.
  
• Working extra hours on tight deadlines because it means we can serve more people and reach out to more children.
  
• An office building that's just a little too small because it means we're a growing company.
  
• You and all your dedicated work to help children achieve.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Denver's Turnaround Strategy

Imagine Learning English is now an important part of Denver Public School District's turnaround strategy. At Place Bridge Academy, students come from 40 different countries and need intensive language training. The following news clip shows students using Imagine Learning English to help bolster those skills.

Writing with ELs

Writing may seem like the last step in language and literacy development, but according to Katharine Samway’s book When English Language Learners Write, research shows just the opposite. Young children, whether native English speakers or not, can begin to write before being able to read and even before being orally fluent. Of course, children understand more than they are able to write, but even English learners are fully capable of expressing complex thoughts in writing.

With this in mind, we’ve searched for ways to help your ELs get their thoughts out on paper. Whether your students have never before picked up a pen or they’ve already got the basics down, this list of research-based writing activities has something for everyone.

A Brief History of Emoticons : )

Emoticons. You may think of them as a recent fad-- something invented by the Internet generation or Generation Text. But emoticons have actually been around a lot longer than you may think. How long, exactly? How about the nineteenth century?

Beyond Three Cups of Tea

We often hear that it only takes one individual to make a difference and affect change. But do we really believe that we can be that individual? I have been guilty of thinking, I’m just one person. I can’t change the world.

Or can I? There are plenty of people who have proved that one person can make a world of difference. And on a rainy Tuesday morning in Provo, Utah, Greg Mortenson proved it to me.

Daylight Saving Time Travel

When I was in high school, I, like most seventeen year olds, knew everything. I knew how to drive (very fast), I knew how to iron my clothes (with just a squirt bottle), and you better believe I knew how to get the most out of my "extra hour" when Daylight Saving Time ended each fall.