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Author: John Tessitore

August 6, 2018March 3, 2019 John Tessitore

Americans Are Losing Out Because So Few Speak a Second Language

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, a signatory of the American Academy call-to-action, Bridging America's Language Gap, calls for improved language education in an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle.

May 28, 2018March 5, 2019 John Tessitore

The Power of Third-Party Validation

First Idea helped organize this call-to-action as a strategic tool for teachers, translators, proprietors and publishers to use on the own behalf. The lesson: sometimes the best case you can make for yourself is to let your supporters speak for you.

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 John Tessitore

Language Learning and National Security

Language Learning and National Security An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed by Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, drafted as part of the campaign to support America's Languages, the report of the American Academy's Commission on Language Learning.

May 24, 2017June 23, 2017 John Tessitore

Because Multilingualism is an Asset and a Goal Worth Pursuing

We needed to prove that American monolingualism is an insufficient basis for success in an increasingly interconnected world. More positively, and perhaps more importantly, we needed to prove that multilingualism is an asset and a goal worth pursuing.

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