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      <title>&quot;In the News&quot; ELL Finds - CIC 511 by Raquel Martinez</title>
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      <pubDate>2019-02-19 18:37:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Developing Academic Language - ELs </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This article touches on strategies teachers can easily incorporate within their lessons to help students develop academic language. In this quote, readers get a glimpse of the main idea behind the importance of developing academic language: "Without systematic language development, many students never gain the academic literacy skills needed to succeed in mainstream classes, to meet content standards, and to pass standardized assessments."<br><br>-R</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-20 02:56:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Potential Solutions to Overcome EL Challenges</title>
         <author>rmarti826</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Two of the biggest challenges EL teachers encounter is the understaffing of these positions and the extra duties that take away time for teaching. This article suggests ways to restructure school culture to best meet the demands of our EL teachers and students. <br>-R<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-20 23:12:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Schools Often Fail to Educate, Support English-Language Learners</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>One of the biggest issues that this article brings to light is the need for better prepared teachers with ELL endorsements, especially the need for the government to make this more attractive as the need for teachers is growing. The article also brings awareness of how their study demonstrated that educating caregivers of the benefits of being bilingual is important and that the notion that students must eliminate their first language in order to gain English fluency is false. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-21 02:23:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>College Board Accommodations on SAT Exams</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Education Week article announcing greater accommodations for ELL students taking SAT Exams including directions in the native language and access to word-to-word dictionaries. <br>-NF<br><a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2016/12/college_board_accommodations_for_students_with_disabilities_ells.html">http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2016/12/college_board_accommodations_for_students_with_disabilities_ells.html</a></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-23 19:07:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>ELL Resources  Website</title>
         <author>fenton598</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Website, which is accessible in both English and Spanish, that has a range of resources for teachers, administrators, librarians, and families as well as links to more articles and videos.   The site has researched based information regarding ELL and is funded by public broadcasting, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Education Association.  - NF</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-23 19:08:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>ELL Success in AP English Language and Composition</title>
         <author>fenton598</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><a href="https://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2336">https://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2336</a><br> </div><div>An article about helping teachers provides support to ELL students in AP English Literature and Composition.  The College Board has a strong policy of open enrollment to increase equity and access to all students.  The College Board’s Equity policy is, “The College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underserved. Schools should make every effort to ensure their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population. The College Board also believes that all students should have access to academically challenging course work before they enroll in AP classes, which can prepare them for AP success. It is only through a commitment to equitable preparation and access that true equity and excellence can be achieved.”<br>-NF</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-23 19:18:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Differentiating Instruction for ELL Learners</title>
         <author>fenton598</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Three minute video from Education Week in which veteran ELL instructors provide a range of tips for building on student strengths and interests and differentiating instruction to increase learning.  - NF</div><div><a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2019/02/differentiating_instruction_for_ells.html">http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2019/02/differentiating_instruction_for_ells.html</a></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-23 21:12:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>National Clearinghouse for English Language Learners Website</title>
         <author>fenton598</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This website contains a database of more than 20,000 articles, videos, and support documents for helping families and educators of English Language Learners.  The site also offers an English Learner Toolkit for State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs) produced by the National Center for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) under U.S. Department of Education.</div><div>The toolkit also includes information from outside organizations and links to other sources of information outside of the Department of Education.   NF</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/">http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/</a></div>]]></description>
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         <title>ELL Student Resources to succeed in school (GE)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This article presents some of the basics of what an EL student is: the language proficiency levels, the specifics EL terms, population facts,  the characteristics and learning trends and needs of the EL students. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-24 17:37:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Academic discussions in the classroom (GE)</title>
         <author>ggallardoescobedo</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/rmarti826/s1z2wxkinf5l/wish/334596348</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>This article discusses the many benefits of classroom discussions for all students,  but especially for  EL students as it helps students to use the language in authentic contexts, they produce language in a purposeful way, and they are able to listen to ideas and build on these. Students still need the support to produce the language with various strategies, in small groups/pairings, and by allowing students to elaborate with extended responses.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-24 17:37:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>ESSA and underserved populations (ELL&#39;s)- (GE)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The changes in ESSA bring changes to how states report on students' academic performance, especially the sub groups. One of the big changes is that if one of the sub-groups is under performing for some time, the school will need to be labeled as under-performing. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-24 17:53:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Thousands of English-Learners Fall Short on Test of Language Skills (GE)</title>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-24 23:53:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Language Demands to Grow for ELLs Under New Standards (GE)</title>
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         <title>ESSA changes for ELL populations </title>
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         <pubDate>2019-02-25 00:18:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>ELs and The Growing Need for Qualified Teachers</title>
         <author>rmarti826</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The National Council on Teacher Quality (2014) shows that only 24 percent of programs train general elementary teacher candidates to support EL students. Even though ESSA requires schools to begin reporting EL progress on standardized tests, no new federal policies have prioritized teacher training for ELs. <br>-R</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-03-03 00:15:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>House Passes Bill to Boost Bilingual Education</title>
         <author>rmarti826</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>New Mexico (2019):  It is called the Bilingual Teacher Preparation Act. The bill is aimed at “creating a pipeline of new educators to serve the very significant need in New Mexico.” The House passed the legislation 63-0, and it now heads to the Senate. <br>-R<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-03-03 00:48:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Language Objectives: The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for ELs </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Language Objectives are beneficial for everyone. They benefit from the clarity that comes with a teacher outlining the academic language to be learned and mastered in each lesson. This article provides examples for different grade levels/content areas and gives the framework to create your own. <br>-R</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-03-03 01:01:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>ESSA changes for ELL populations </title>
         <author>ggallardoescobedo</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Under the new ESSA the reports to the state will contain various reports that will not allow schools to exempt EL student data. Schools will be using Title III funds to provide support for EL students, as well as Title I funds, classes will now include  previous EL students and current EL students in order to show growth and progress. Additionally, schools will need to report those 'long-term' EL students, those in the program longer than 5 years and measure their growth.  <br>~GE</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-03-09 19:55:02 UTC</pubDate>
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