New Brunswick — After realizing that New Brunswick’s illiteracy and unemployment rate is higher than ever, New Brunswick Education Ministe...
Conservatives to ‘ease students off’ French with new ‘emersion’ program
Fredericton — This week, there has been a great deal of confusion over the province’s plans for the French immersion program. Is it true that th...
New study: Best time to start French immersion is at birth
Fredericton — Educators and French-second-language advocates are reeling from a new study released today on the best entry point for students to...
Every child will have a different French immersion start date
Fredericton — The Higgs government announced yesterday that it has abandoned a “one size fits all” approach to French immersion educ...
New Brunswick children still don’t care about French immersion entry point
Fredericton — While the autumn weather is beginning to settle into the province, it’s Groundhog Day in New Brunswick elementary schools. L...
Fredericton student miraculously emerges from late immersion functionally bilingual
Fredericton — Jeff Springer, 17, is set to graduate this spring from Leo Hayes High School on Fredericton’s north side. Like many of his g...