Tag: april

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April 2015

Cutting to the Common Core Constructive Conversations Constance Dziombak finds that quality academic conversations help ELLs to clarify and express their arguments Audio Dissection Seventeen-year-old Akshay Swaminathan shares his technique to improve world-language comprehension Harnessing the Power of...
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April 2014

Help for Every Struggling Reader Cutting to the Common Core Kinsella on Narrow Reading Dr. Kate Kinsella advocates the use of Narrow Reading Units as a portal to word knowledge and literate discourse Riding the Blogging Trail Leah Stilman...
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April 2013

Ladino Bryan Kirschen is working to revitalize the Judeo-Spanish tongue that was exiled long ago from the Mediterranean Mainstreaming ESL Common Core State Standards are putting more pressure on all teachers to help English learners achieve...
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April 2012

2012 ELL Software Guide Technology has revolutionized the way that languages are taught and practiced Tying Cable to Realia Melissa Conroy and Amy Ferryman explain how SCOLA is working with local cable TV providers to offer low cost...
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April 2008

Entrepreneurial Educators As the specter of recession looms large in government accounting offices nationwide, and lawmakers, confronted with the “unexpected” prospect of diminishing tax revenues, are slashing education budgets with abandon, the only real surprise...
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April 2011

A Land of Contrasts No matter which party is in power or what time of year it is, there is one thing that you can be sure of in America — whatever your viewpoint; there...
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April 2010

Free Public Education Now that a compromised healthcare bill looks set to be pushed through Congress, the Administration has released its Blueprint for Reform to shift public attention to education and the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act(ESEA),...
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April 2008

IN THIS ISSUE: The World as We Speak Our forum for changes in world language Navigating English Learner Standards John Carr explains how WestEd’s Map of Standards for English Learners not only clarifies California’s standards, but can...

April 2007

IN THIS ISSUE: The World as We Speak Our forum for changes in world languages Creating a New and Improved NCLB Act As Congress debates reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, The Institute for Language...
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