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Want to learn more about successful language immersion schools and International Baccalaureate World Schools? Please click on the following links for additional information.

International Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate Organization
http://www.ibo.org/

Language Specific Benefits

Why French?
The French Language Initiative
http://www.theworldspeaksfrench.org/

Why Spanish?
Vistawide
http://www.vistawide.com/spanish/why_spanish.htm

Mixed Income Research
Research shows that early learning can be an equalizing factor in mixed-income schools. Download the following PDF to learn how early language education gives low-income children further advantages in the classroom.

SLLIS_MIXEDINCOME_RESEARCH.pdf

Language Immersion Education Information
Directory of language immersion schools:
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
http://www.cal.org/resources/immersion/

Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition
http://www.carla.umn.edu

Select articles from the American Council for Immersion Education http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie.html

Cognitive Enhancement Research
St. Louis Language Immersion Schools take full advantage of a child’s natural developmental aptitude for learning. Download the following PDF to learn how early language immersion benefits a growing mind.

SLLIS_COG_ENHANCE_RESEARCH.pdf

NPR story: Being Bilingual May Boost your Brain Power

www.npr.org/2011/04/04/135043787/being-bilingual-may-boost-your-brain-power

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