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2. Helping Hispanic Students Reach High Academic Standards

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   The 21st Century Community Learning Center Programprovides expanded learning opportunities for participating children in a safe, drug-free, and supervised environment. In FY 2000, Congress appropriated $450 million for these programs, which now serve almost 1,600 schools in 471 communities. Many grants support projects serving Hispanic students:

3. Importance of Measuring Spanish Literacy Skills | White ... - ed

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   Factors like exposure to Spanish versus English, preference for using Spanish versus English, and the language of formal reading instruction will affect a bilingual’s early literacy development. Measuring skills in only one language may make it appear that bilinguals are behind when in actuality, the assessment strategy has not captured the ...

4. Educating Hispanic Students: Effective Instructional Practices

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   Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence • University of California • 1156 High St. • Santa Cruz, CA 95064 • 831-459-3500 • 831-459-3502 (fax) • crede@cats.ucsc.edu • www.crede.ucsc.edu. discussion during instruction, instructional conversations emphasize dialogue with teachers and classmates (Durán, Dugan ...

5. A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n - U.S. Department of ...

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   Use of appropriate strategies for teaching and learning language and content aligned with standards; Separate use of Spanish and English by teachers and students; A four- to six-year program (at minimum) Developmentally appropriate curriculum; Equal status for both languages; Well-trained bilingual teachers; Appropriate bilingual materials ...

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

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   Classroom tool: Ideas and resources teachers can use to help students understand, appreciate, and share their own stories about newcomers’ social, cultural, and economic contributions. • Professional reflection and discussion activity: Instructions and handouts for professional learning communities or staff meetings.

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

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   less favorable learning environments relative to White students, including less experienced teachers (Galindo & Reardon, 2006; Reardon & Galindo, 2009). The progress of ELL students may be further constrained by statewide English-only programming policies that are associated with higher rates of special education referrals and dropout for