Waiting for Superman

Waiting for Superman (2010) is a documentary about how America's public education system is failing its students, focusing on the controversial lottery to get placed in charter schools (similar to concertados). The film follows five children in urban centers across the U.S., including New York City, L.A., and D.C.. Although the documentary has been criticized for over-dramatizing the lottery process and limiting its vision to only successful charter schools, it was generally well-received and offers a critical view of the current state of American education.




The trailer is above, and you can find a review of the film in the New Yorker (magazine famous for its literary and film criticism) here.

I encourage you all to watch it online if you have the time!

International Women's Day

Hello my friends,

Do not forget tomorrow it is the International Women's Day.
Ladies... Congratulations!!!! You are doing so well...

Here you have information about many events: International Women's Day
Information for kids and young adults: UN Cyberschool Bus page - Women's Day

Micro-lesson plan: Estimation

Hello, English Breakfast!

Here you have the micro-lesson I prepared for the English Seminar. It's about estimation, an approximate calculation.

Micro-lesson plan: Estimation

In this video some students show how you can use estimation when you go shopping:


Toy Store Estimation from Jonah Salsich on Vimeo.

Learning English through multimedia

Hello englishbreakfast team,

I recommend you this website to learn English through videos, featured games.
http://lingual.net/


Enjoy it!

Adventure Tales of America

Here's a website containg tales about American history which can be worked online or printed to use them in class. I hope you find them useful! 

http://www.adventuretales.com/history.html

Universal Human Rights Project

During the first term the bilingual section explored the topic of universal human rights. The United Nations established 30 human rights after Worl War II. In class we watched videos that explore each of the human rights. Human Right Number 1: We are all born free and equal. You can watch all 30 videos on: http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/

Affluent, Born Abroad and Choosing New York’s Public Schools

Good morning,

Here is a cool article about public schools in New York City. Wealthy foreign people prefer sending their children to public school in Manhattan and Brooklyn instead of private ones. Do you want to know why????


 Have a nice day!!!!