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Background knowledge: How ELL programs can activate it
There are many techniques teachers currently use to both activate students' prior knowledge and actively build background knowledge with students. Teachers are likely familiar with the K-W-L chart; but this technique is not always employed in a way that benefits students....
What inspires teachers, and how do they inspire students? ED's regional officers found some common threads as they shadowed educators from coast to coast to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week. From a teacher who found her calling while...
Last week I wrote about how high quality instruction must consistently occur before any testing accommodations have a chance of being meaningful. But high quality instruction doesn't just happen; it has to be crafted. And it has to be given time to become a natural part...
As more and more schools invest in mobile technologies, such as iPads, a common question on language fora is "can anyone recommend a good list of apps for language learning?" My typical response is to suggest a range of generic apps for...
The school department is reorganizing instruction for some of its lowest achieving students, extending offerings for English language learners to a second middle school and consolidating elementary classes at the Hathaway and Gomes schools. District leaders said the plan,...
The Clark County School Board in Nevada will decide whether to undertake a national search for the superintendent position left vacant by Dwight Jones. Choosing the district's superintendent is one of the trustees' most important tasks....
Young English language learners still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most from early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages. That's the conclusion of a new federally funded analysis of the large, and growing,...
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