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2. Newcomer Tool Kit (PDF) - U.S. Department of Education

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   Resources: Annotated references to resources cited in this chapter; relevant federal guidance, policy, and data; and other helpful information. Who Are Our Newcomers? For the purposes of this tool kit, the term “newcomers” refers to any foreign-born students and their families who have recently arrived in the United States.

3. Helping Hispanic Students Reach High Academic Standards

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   • Hispanic students are more likely than white students to attend schools that have insuf-ficient educational resources and are segregated (Orfield, 1993; White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, 1999). The likelihood that Hispanic students, like other students, will successfully complete

4. Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504 in Public ...

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   The Department of Education’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global . competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504 in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools . U.S. Department of Education. Office for Civil Rights. December 2016

5. Addressing Literacy Needs of Struggling Spanish-Speaking ...

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED604084.pdf

   2011). Spanish speakers represent the majority of ELL stu-dents (77%) and the overall Latino population is expected to double to 28.6% (or 119 million) of the U.S. population by 2060. Even as Latino ELL students represent a larger and larger share of the U.S. student population, interventions and poli-

6. Bilingual Literacy Development: Trends and Critical Issues - ed

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   literate in Spanish before starting school in an American classroom. The article identifies gaps in the literature and areas that deserve further research. Keywords: bilingual literacy; bi-literacy development; English learners This article presents a literature review of research on the development of bi-literacy in

7. TEACHING AND LEARNING “FALSE FRIENDS”: A REVIEW OF SOME ...

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   This paper intends to present some useful tools (dictionaries, online resources, glossaries and blogs) for the teaching and learning of false friends. The resources presented here will allow us to discover the complexity of the false friend phenomenon and will contribute to the teaching and to the learning of these words.

8. Open Educational Resources (OER) for English Language ...

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   Open educational resources (OER) are “teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits sharing, accessing, repurposing—including for commercial purposes—and collaborating with others.” (See OER Fact Sheet for more information.)

9. New Student Privacy Resources in Spanish

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   parents and eligible students and other alleged violations of FERPA and PPRA, providing intermediation assistance to complainants, and providing technical assistance to parents and students who feel their rights under FERPA or PPRA may have been violated. • Developing regulations, guidance, and best practices on student privacy issues, and ...