- Education Week: ‘Reading First’ Research Offers No Definitive Answers
Kennedy Manzo discusses the controversial findings of the Reading First Impact Study. "With the end of the six-year period of Reading First on the horizon, no clear empirical picture has emerged of how well the federal program is doing at a national level in bringing struggling readers to proficiency."
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- Education Week: Research Hones Focus on ELLs
Even as new research turns up promising insights on how best to teach English-language learners, the pool of high-quality studies is still shallow, scholars say. By Debra Viadero
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- ELL Links for the Linguistically Diverse Educator
Compiled June 13-17, 2005 by members of the "ELL Students in the Mainstream Classroom" course at the Western State College Summer Teacher Institute (Instructors: James Erekson, Candace Sparks, Katherine Wieseman): Shana Benson, Candi Borah, Mary Bunt, Mallory Clarke, Lisa Danos, Jim Erekson, Carlotta Horn, Cindy McKee, Linda Moorhouse, Heidi Rauth, Carol Smith, Cindy Westbay.
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- ELLResearch Report: Read 180 Scholastic
This resource summarizes the research on Read 180, an intervention program that incorporates whole group, individualized software, and small group activities for struggling readers.
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- English Language Learners: Reading
Center of Instruction: Two PowerPoint Presentations 1)Highlighting Instruction in the Core Reading Program that Aligns with Research- Based Guidelines for Instruction for English Language Learners by Lupina Vela 2) Scientifically Based Reading Research and English Language Learners: The Big Picture by Sylvia Linan-Thompson, University of Texas at Austin
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- Ensuring Academic Success for English Language Learners
Un. of CA Linguistic Minority Reseach Institute This report by Laurie Olsen highlights nine elements of a strong program, based on three decades of research. Recommended best practices include accessible preschool programs, support for newcomers of all ages, and a focus on English language development.
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- EPRU | Education Policy Research Unit: Think Tank Review Project - 2006 Bunkum Awards - Arizona State University
The Bunkum Awards highlight nonsensical, confusing, and disingenuous education reports produced by think tanks. They are given each year by the Think Tank Review Project to think tank reports judged to have most egregiously undermined informed discussion and sound policy making.
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- ESL Learners' Cognitive Reading Processes: A Review of Research in the US
Jill Fitzgerald 1995 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill See related research on the same site.
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- EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE PROJECTS: An Introductory Level Guide
This introductory level guide presents basic information for doing a science project. For a more detailed treatment see Experimental Science Projects: An Intermediate Level Guide.
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- Flexible Grouping: Nobody Ever Said Teaching Was Easy!
By Dr. Suzanne Irujo, ELL Outlook™ Contributing Writer This is the fourth in a series of articles in the ELL Outlook that explore classroom implications of some of the findings of a study done by Gándara, Maxwell-Jolly, & Driscoll (2005). A matrix is used to compare and contrast grouping options.
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- For Kids, Two Languages Can Be as Easy as One
For Kids, Two Languages Can Be as Easy as One Peter West, reporter Health Day News THURSDAY, July 9, 09 European researchers are contesting the assumption that bilingual toddlers have more trouble learning language skills than children who know just one language.
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- Glenbrook South High School English
This link takes you to the homepage of Glenbrook South High School’s English Department. Great links to academic search engines, as well as helpful information on things like punctuation, citation, etc. Great modeling of things like powerful essay introductions, writing better sentences, tips for writing research papers, and more. Other diversions: enter a writing contest, or search for a good book to read. Rec. by Paul Ceisel
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- Glenbrook South High School English: Research
This site prepared by Glenbrook South HS provides support for students for writing a research paper. See other links for writing support etc. Rec. by Paul Ceisel
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- Good Principles, Great Principals
Good Principles, Great Principals Jim Collins goes to school--and explains high performance there, too. From: Issue 109 | October 2006 | Page 40 | By: Alyssa Danigelis | Illustrations by: Josh Cochran Article regarding high achievement in some Arizona schools with latino students.
Jim Collins goes to school--and explains high performance there, too.
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- Handouts: Main Index from Owl Online Writing Resource
Purdue univeristy offers a number of handouts for students and teachers. Research papers, grammar, punctuatuion and spelling, support for ELLs etc.
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab serves writers from around the world and the Purdue University Writing Lab helps writers on Purdue's campus.
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- Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence
A User-Friendly Guide by the U.S. Dept. Insititution of Ed. Sciences describes what they consider scientifically based research. The complete guide, including a checklist for evaluating whether an intervention (defined as "an educational practice, strategy, curriculum, or program," p. 1) is supported by rigorous evidence (Appendix B) Web sites that list evidence-based interventions can be found in Appendix A.
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- IDRA - Good School
Good School and Classrooms for Children Learning English Research by the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) has identified the 25 common characteristics of successful schools that contribute to high academic performance of students learning English.
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- Inside Teaching - Collections (Videos of Teachers)
At the heart of Inside Teaching is the challenge to capture the wisdom of practice. Here K-12 teachers and teacher educators document their practice, reflect on their teaching and build on each other's work. On their multimedia records of teaching practice, you can find videos of teaching, examples of lesson plans, practitioner reflections and narratives, images of student work, and many other documents of teaching and learning. You can search these individual websites by grade level, subject area and by name.
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- IPL Teenspace A+ Research & Writing
This site provides online resouces for high school and college students. It gives explanations and examples of different types of writing.
ipl2: Information You Can Trust features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask an ipl2 Librarian online reference service.
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- LAB at Brown: Teaching Diverse Learners -- Family and Community
The following information presents a basis for building family/teacher relationships by presenting facts and resources that educators of diverse learners need to know in order to promote communication between home and school.
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