Letter to Arne Duncan: ‘Race to the Top’ Is Unfair to Teachers of ELLs
James Crawford, a longtime writer about English-language learners and president of the Institute for Language and Education Policy, has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan contending that proposed priorities for Race to the Top are a bad idea for teachers of English-language learners.
Can technology fix schools?
Henry Jenkins thinks so. Click on his picture to jump to an interview with PBS’s Frontline:
More at PBS’s digital_nation site…
(Thanks to Cristóbal Cobo for the link.)
Making School Cool: The Geeky Approach
What’s a good way to encourage ed-tech in schools and reform the way students think about education? Make tech nerdiness cool, says this Wired magazine article.
Adapting Law Lessons for ELLs
Street Law Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes civics education, is seeking funding from foundations to adapt its high school law textbook for English-language learners.
Public Input Is Sought on Inclusion of ELLs in NAEP
The governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress is inviting the public to comment on its proposals to bring more uniformity to how the test includes English-language learners and special education students.
A Research Group Pitches a New Model for Staffing Schools
A research group, in a new paper, advances an intriguing new model for school staffing: “neo-differentiated staffing.”