Date: Mar. 01, 2012
Start Time: 6:00 PM
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Young Scholars Charter School Hosts
Education Dialogue Night on March 1
State College, PA -- Levent Kaya, CEO at Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School (YSCP), invites the public and educators to attend a panel discussion titled, "Foreign Language in Early Childhood Education," on Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 pm at YSCP, 1530 Westerly Parkway, State College, Pa. The distinguished panel members from Penn State University include Wendy Whitesell, Director of the Penn State Child Development Center; Dr. Janet Van Hell, Professor of Psychology and Linguistics and Director of the Linguistics Program; and Dr. Ping Li, Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Information Sciences and Technology in the Department of Psychology. The panel moderator is Dr. Barbara Hong, Associate Professor of Education.
The program will explore why it is beneficial to have foreign language education in our schools and the long-term educational benefit of learning languages. Dinner will be provided and registration is required by contacting YSCP at 814-237-9727 or by email at rsvp@YSCP.org.
