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.

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.