Cardy Announces Changes To Second Language Learning In Schools
At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Education Minister Dominic Cardy said the department had adopted 18 of the 24 recommendations to improve second language learning. The recommendations were contained in a report by two commissioners appointed to review the law on official languages. “These recommendations are in line with a variety of work in progress at the department for some time,” Cardy said Wednesday, noting that the report’s findings echo comments the department has heard from students, educators, stakeholders and families in recent years....