Ever wondered how your brain works and how you can learn better? May be helpful for teaching your students as well.

Pretty cool pictures for various words....don't let students go on here alone though, as I've seen an explicit word or two (for example, look under letter "P").

Reading for Healthy Families: Building Communities of Learning was launched in 14 of Oregon's 36 counties.

A very helpful explanation in my opinion....

Is technology really helping?

Very interesting article on the academic success of generations of immigrants.

English language learners have become star pupils in the Washington region, drawing accolades for top-performing schools that serve immigrant communities and showing standout results on state reading tests and national rankings.

The link doesn't work anymore, but it's interesting that I saw this because just today I was thinking about how I get SO much more work done when I have a 3 day weekend. I really think I personally would benefit from working for 4 days and having 3 days off....I think I would take less time off as well because looking at my personal track record, I seem to take a lot of Mondays off because I'm trying to finish up homework that I didn't have time to complete over the weekend. Interesting concept...



Chris Sasiadek wrote:
> Another school district has cut its school week to four days:
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> http://www.buffalonews.com/260/story/579585.html
> http://www.svherald.com/
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> I'm not sure of my opinion on this. I think it might be really good for high school children. It will give them more time off to pursue outside interests/jobs/sleep. I'm not convinced that younger children can realistically handle the longer hours on those four days.
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> This isn't even taking into account the effects it will have on families/day care and extracurricular activities, especially sports teams.
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> Most of the Utah state government has been put on the four day work-week, and the results have been mixed/positive according to an NPR interview I listened to with Governor John Huntsman. Sick das are down (no one calls in sick when a three day weekend is on the way), but savings in energy consumption have not met predictions. This will be very different for schools, I presume, that operate their own bus systems, because it will eliminate at least two trips every day.
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> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100377326
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> DCPS would never see savings in energy consumption anyway because we always leave the lights, computers, AC, and furnace on with the windows open over the weekend.

Animated, interactive math dictionary with definitions of over 600 common math terms in simple language. Math glossary, examples, practice interactives, calculators and mathematical activities for kids. © Jenny Eather 2007

More information on the SIOP model

Information on the SIOP model.

High school teachers' opinions on ELL classroom inclusion.

Another article on including ELLs on state assessments.

Preview the chapter on Accountability for English Language Learners (starts on page 197).

This research article talks about the whether English based assessments can give valid and/or reliable scores for ELLs and if they should be used as evidence for identifying ELLs as students with learning disabilities.

This is an article about including English Language Learners in statewide standardized tests. It focuses on the areas of assessment, reporting and accountability.