Kay believes the US education system can be improved by introducing Latin at the elementary level. Can a dead language help young students get a better grasp of the languages they do speak? And more importantly, is that cool?

“A person who has built a solid foundation on the basics of Latin in elementary school will never think that a new word is too complicated to handle.”

Kay has a Master’s in Latin from the University of Illinois and has developed a free resource for getting started with the language at bkayneal.com

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