Sentences with phrase «english education colleagues»

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WEST HARTFORD — In just a week's time, Elizabeth Natale has turned from a middle school English teacher quietly frustrated with education reform into a national voice for colleagues throughout the country.

«What matters most in the education of English language learners is the quality of instruction,» Slavin and colleagues from Johns Hopkins concluded.

«In the 1970s and 1980s, policies and practice favored bilingual education, in which children were taught partially or entirely in their native language, and then transitioned at some point during the elementary grades to English - only instruction,» wrote Johns Hopkins researcher Robert E. Slavin and colleagues in a study published in 2010.

«Colleagues in Korea have taken my work in education seriously over the years, and this engagement with my ideas has been a wonderful reward in itself,» Gardner said, noting that his recent book Five Minds for the Future was translated into Korean only two months after its initial English release.

Dear Colleague Letters — Joint Guidance from the U.S. departments of Education and Justice The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released joint guidance reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to English language learners.

Linda Darling - Hammond and colleagues have cautioned that statistical models can not fully adjust for teachers who have a disproportionate number of students with greater challenges, or whose scores on traditional tests may not accurately reflect their learning, such as special education students; English language learners; and those affected by poor attendance, homelessness, or severe problems at home.

Morrow - Howell and colleagues (2009) also examined subgroup differences in program effects by gender, grade, ethnicity, program site, classroom behavior, being in special education, or limited English proficiency.