Lesson: Improve Your Students’ Conjunction Function

Education World - Scott Kalapos "In this lesson we'll be [...]

March 28th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Grammar, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Lesson: This Lesson is Our Preposition Proposition

Education World - Staff Writer "In these modern times of [...]

March 14th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Grammar, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New federal law puts spotlight on English learners

Ed Source - John Fensterwald "In passing the Every Student [...]

February 2nd, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Spelling, punctuation and grammar: can you outsmart an 11 year old?

The Guardian - Kimberly Cooper "Can you spot a relative [...]

January 26th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Grammar, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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English one day, Español the next: Dual-language learning expands with a South Bronx school as a model

The Hechinger Report - Margaret Ramirez "At Public School 73 [...]

January 25th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, New York, News, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Progress on Remediation

Inside Higher Ed - Ashley A. Smith "College and state [...]

January 22nd, 2016|Categories: College Degree, College/University, Community College, English, Higher Education, Math, Remedial, States|Tags: Education, School|

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Boosting the role of parents of English learners in preschools

Ed Source - Sarah Tully "Selene Ramirez has a lot [...]

January 16th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, English, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New country, new life, new challenge

China Daily- Wang Fan and Yuan Yue "Every year, thousands [...]

January 15th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Chinese students, College/University, Current Events, Economy, Education, English, Global, Innovation, Learning, News, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Children, China, Education, The U.S.|

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How role-playing levels the playing field in my high school English class

Chalk Beat New York - David Sherrin "If you want [...]

December 26th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Learning, News, School, Social Studies, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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English is weird

The Week - John McWhorter "English speakers know that their [...]

December 20th, 2015|Categories: Children, Current Events, Education, English, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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