Skip to main content

Home/ Classroom 2.0/ Group items tagged civil rights

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Paul Beaufait

Successful Strategies for English Language Learners - 19 views

www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx

Boston civil rights education EEO ELL English English language learners English speaking populations HIspanics justice learners NCES NYC Obama schools school districts settlements Title VI U.S. U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Justice White

shared by Paul Beaufait on 19 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Between 1979 and 2008, the number of school-age children (ages 5-17) in the United States who spoke a language other than English at home increased from 3.8 to 10.9 million, or from 9 to 21 percent of the population in this age range, according to the latest figures from the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES).
  • Perhaps one of the greatest examples of inequity lies in a joint investigation of the Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that revealed last October that Boston Public Schools had failed to properly identify and adequately serve thousands of ELLs since 2003 as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  • Paul Beaufait on 19 Aug 11
     
    Angela Pascopella reported on U.S. school district and national measures "to address surging ELL enrollment-and dropout rate[s]" (deck).
Tero Toivanen

Education Futures - Settlers of the Shift - 26 views

www.educationfutures.com/...settlers-of-the-shift

Tero Heiskanen Education Futures change civil rights conceptual map context creation cyberspace entrepreneurs media open access open society social networking society Technology thought leaders tools wisdom of crowds

shared by Tero Toivanen on 13 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 13 Dec 09
     
    Settlers of the shift is an open map of experts, organizations and ideas that are scattered around the globe. It's for people whose work is shifting us towards a better tomorrow - a New World Order 2.0. This map aims to encourage people to connect across sectors and enable you to tie partnerships with like-minded individuals.
1 - 3 of 3
Showing 20▼ items per page