Breaking barriersNew coordinator helps NHCTC students for whom English is second language
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Changing demographics in Southern New Hampshire mirror the United States' continued growth as a multicultural nation.
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Gizelle Clemens' first day at Trinity College was a busy one. There were ice-breakers, and introductions to other minority students, upperclass mentors and administrators. Then came a bus tour of Hartford's ethnic neighborhoods, pointing out places students can go for a braided haircut or Latino music or a Jamaican dinner.
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A campaign to encourage more people to study languages at university is being launched in England.
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An English comprehensive is taking in pupils from overseas for its International Baccalaureate course.
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With more ill and injured people unable to speak English, hospitals, clinics and rescue squads are turning to picture boards to bridge the communication gap with easily understood images.
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NEW YORK  - Coaching from a peer who has been there and done that can help people go through with a first-time colonoscopy, new research shows.
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By Tara M. Manthey, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 23--Erica Palmer imagined she was making a presentation to her grandmother, not the governor.   The sixth-grader held that picture in her head as she explained Spanaway Elementary School's gardening project to Gov.
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Schools in England have been sent advice on how to teach children good spoken English.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep.
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NEW YORK -- The goals were clear when Sheneen Jackson enrolled her son in one of the first public schools in the nation to focus on Arabic language and culture. First, her 11-year-old would master Arabic. Later, doors would open for him in government and diplomacy -- maybe a job at the United...
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Teachers are urged to adopt new strategies to help children who fall behind in English and maths.
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The family of a student who died from an undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis welcomes efforts to improve diagnosis.
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Lilian Diaz, an emergency room technician, used to feel apprehensive when a doctor or nurse at her Takoma Park hospital would ask her to interpret for a Spanish-speaking patient. She knew she was chosen because of her Spanish surname, but what if she told someone the wrong thing? Her Spanish was...
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By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post Staff Writer  Scientist Robert P.H. Chang of Northwestern University had no trouble persuading education officials in Mexico to introduce the burgeoning field of nanotechnology to schools there, but it's been a far tougher sell in the United States.
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Volunteers show marked improvement in verbal skills after a research team runs a weak current through their foreheads. The researchers say it could lead to innovative therapies for patients with brain injuries. By Amit Asaravala.
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The NHS has appointed its first ever champion to tackle inequalities in the health of people from ethnic minorities.