Saturday, October 24, 2009

Four Cities Cited for Successful ELL Policies

Achievement is based on addressing many issues, city schools’ group says.
By Mary Ann Zehr

Large urban school districts that are successful with English-language learners provide strong oversight from the central office for educating those students, ensure that general education teachers as well as specialists receive professional development on how to work with ELLs, and use student data in a meaningful way to improve instruction for that population.
For the complete Education Week article see: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/10/22/09ell.h29.html?tkn=ROQCwLWC64%2B%2FhxAL29PxA3AHEJnAN6VutcLh

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