Personal experience of an immigrant: what and how they teach in American schools

Before leaving for the United States, friends and acquaintances frightened a Russian-speaking woman with the low quality of school education in America, but she, using the example of her child, who is now in the 6th grade of middle school, showed that this is not so, reports Leprechaun. The woman was told that...

12 features of the American school: impressions of a Russian-speaking immigrant

The author of the Art is an answer channel on Yandex.Zen said that her youngest son came to the United States in 2016 and studied for a year in elementary school. Adaptation was slow and difficult, although he was only 8 years old. The author shared...

How to learn a foreign language without forgetting: a revolutionary method from a legendary linguist

Any foreign language expands your horizons and opportunities. “The number of languages ​​you know is the number of times you are human,” said Anton Chekhov and was not exaggerating. Knowledge of foreign languages ​​makes it possible to communicate with a large number of people and get acquainted with other cultures. Children learning languages...

New ethics and general boycott: what problems children of Russian-speaking immigrants face in American schools

The new school year is fraught with new hopes and troubles for parents, as well as anxiety. What is the risk of an immigrant child being bullied in an American school? How tolerant are local children and teachers to foreigners, and what can prevent foreign children from adapting ...

Florida scandal: school edited 80 photos of female graduates to look 'modest'

The administration of a school in the US state of Florida decided to edit photographs of 80 schoolgirls for the graduation album to make them more “modest”. In the photographs, the schoolgirls’ shoulders and too-exposed necklines were retouched, writes BBC. The boys were left untouched by the much more explicit photos. School representatives...

If everything is difficult with the school: how to provide a child with a good education in quarantine

The start of a new school season this year has been challenged by the COVID-19 epidemic. In an effort to avoid the risk of infection of children, many schools have opted for distance or mixed classes. But not all educational institutions were ready to reorganize to a new one ...

Personal experience: how we chose a school for a Russian-speaking child in San Francisco

After moving to the USA, we settled in San Francisco. Despite the use of English outside the home, Russian has always been spoken in our family in everyday life - we are trying not to lose touch with our native culture. So when we had children, the decision...

Brain and spinal injuries: a boy from Los Angeles remained crippled after a fight at school

A California resident has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles School District alleging that her 12-year-old son sustained chronic brain and spinal injuries after another student assaulted him with fists in 2018. According to the woman, her son, ...

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