US authorities are reviewing billions for school internet due to screens. What's behind this decision
Three billion dollars a year. That's how much America spends to provide internet access to schools and libraries. The program has been running since the nineties, with cables...
June 29, 2026
Why schools start teaching slower, and it works
Twenty topics per semester, a frantic pace, test after test. The child barely grasps one thing before being pushed to the next. Sound familiar?...
June 29, 2026
Words that exist in Russian but not in English
There is one Russian word that made even Nabokov give up. A writer equally fluent in both Russian and English, a master of both...
June 26, 2026
Game for children on the Russian alphabet. Catch the letter in time
Free Russian alphabet game for children: letters fall from above, you need to catch the right one before it falls. Three speeds,...
June 24, 2026
Russian Idiom Quiz. Will your bilingual child understand?
To lead someone on. To be left with nothing. To twiddle one's thumbs. Does your child know what these really mean? For children,...
June 22, 2026
Russian Typing Tutor for Bilingual Children
In English, a child scribbles blindly, fingers fluttering. But when it comes to writing a couple of lines to Grandma in Russian, everything freezes. Where is that letter? Click...
June 18, 2026
Smart glasses have become a new challenge on exams. How artificial intelligence is changing school exams
A frame is a frame. Nothing special. And on the inside of the lens, a line quietly runs, answers to an exam, and one person is reading them…
June 18, 2026
In American schools, children are given awards for leadership. Why is this important for Russian-speaking parents to know?
In the Texas town of Plainview, two schools just received an award. Not for grades. Not for math Olympics. For leadership…
June 18, 2026
Russian Tongue Twisters for Pronunciation Practice — Knowledge Test
Catch any adult who has spoken Russian all their life. Ask them to say "syvorotka iz-pod prostokvashi" three times in a row, quickly. The first time...
June 17, 2026
Russian Phrases and Idioms: The 50 Most Common Ones
Mark is nine, he lives in Chicago and thinks he knows Russian. He chats easily with his grandmother, watches cartoons without subtitles, in…
June 17, 2026
