Ridgewood elementary schools using new world language program
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, 5:59 PM
BY JODI WEINBERGER
STAFF WRITER
The world language program in the elementary schools will look a bit foreign this year.
Ridgewood educators are piloting what they call an “exploratory immersion” Spanish program for Grades K-5 after being unhappy with the results from language learning software Rosetta Stone.
The software was purchased by the district in 2010 after three world language elementary teachers were eliminated in response to $6 million in budget cuts in 2009.
“[Teachers] felt [Rosetta Stone] was ineffective to teach children the information,” said assistant superintendent Cheryl Best. “They didn’t really feel that students were effectively learning.”
Best called the program “a little glitchy” and said students would work on a section of the program only to return to it and find that their progress had been lost.
“It was very hard for students to make headway in the program,” she said.
As a result, teachers were barely meeting the minimum usage of 30 minutes a week with their classes.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/ridgewood-elementary-schools-using-new-world-language-program-1.1080360
Well, we better get something to teach our kids Spanish since it will be the official language of this country by the time they grow up…
Ha ha, this sounds to me more like the teachers couldn’t figure out how to use Rosetta Stone efficiently so they switched to something easier.
WHAT?
Exploratory immersion ?
really?
How about exploring the costs around this debacle ?
A little glitchy?
really? Is that how your spending my tax dollars?