After more than 30 frenetic years as a book editor in New York, Ann Patty, who shepherded several novels, including “Flowers in the Attic” and “Life of Pi,” onto bestseller lists, learned the wisdom ...

MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - If you really want to enhance your vocabulary, take Latin. Latin is everywhere - in our government buildings, in medical and legal language, and it is the foundation for Romance ...

Sentence by sentence, Kate Underwood dissected a letter between Cicero and Atticus of ancient Rome. With each word, the 12th-grader translated Latin into English. It was the latest assignment for her ...

This programme covers the period from the 7th century BC, when the Latin language was first recorded, to the 7th century AD, the period of Antiquity in which the last Latin author lived. Students will ...

In the basement of a nursing home in Milwaukee, the world's best Latin lessons are given for free. That's where Father Reginald Foster, a priest who lacks patience, gives his lessons. He's managed to ...

Researchers found that in teaching English learners -- students who aren't fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken -- the Latin roots of words helped ...

“The Roman Church has special obligations towards Latin, the splendid language of ancient Rome, and she must manifest them whenever the occasion presents itself” (Dominicae Cenae, 10). Teaching Latin ...

That’s “No Way! for all you nonstudents of Latin. In fact, Collins and three other instructors teach Latin to more than 325 junior high and high school students at The Classical Academy (TCA). Some ...

Fan fiction, Minecraft and Taylor Swift lyrics are hardly the stuff of traditional Latin lessons. They are, however, part of an expanding repertoire that teachers are successfully drawing on to deepen ...