Tom Vander Ark: More Foreign language, Math & Science Possible with Digital Learning

A new advocacy group is forming to support second language acquisition. It’s a great idea for young people to learn several languages growing up. Selective colleges make studying a foreign language an entrance requirement. It’s easy to make a case for it in a global economy. Lots of educators are sympathetic to the idea but it has been difficult and expensive in practice to make it part of every school day.
There is growing demand for graduates with technical training but that requires high-level math and science courses in high school. But upper division STEM courses are particularly difficult for high schools to staff. It can also be a challenge to recruit students to what often appears to be difficult and/or boring courses.
Digital learning can help with both problems. It can make language learning an engaging, ubiquitous daily experience. And it can help bring science to life and tailor math instruction.
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