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Seminar on March 25 in Ontario Latino Students and English Learners: Strategies to Improve Student Performance California educators will gather in Ontario on March 25 to share insights on strategies to improve academic performance for Latino students and students who are English Learners. The all-day session will focus on the needs of English learners who are acquiring English as they seek to meet grade-level standards, and the needs of Latino students who are making progress toward closing the achievement gap in California schools and districts with large socioeconomically disadvantaged populations... Budget Crisis Means Fewer Sections Available Decline in Community College Enrollment Projected, Despite High Student Demand Reversing five years of enrollment growth, enrollment at California’s community colleges appears to be headed downward – largely due to budget cuts that limit student access to classes. “Our enrollment is not dropping due to a lack of demand,” said California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott last Wednesday at a press conference in Sacramento. “As demonstrated by last year’s record high enrollment of nearly 3 million students, our colleges are more popular than ever.”... O'Connell Announces New Tool to Help Migrant Students Succeed Academically State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced last week that California will participate in the Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX) system. “One of the most difficult challenges students of migrant families face is maintaining a continuum of education services because of the itinerant nature of their lives,” said O'Connell. “This too often results in migrant students falling behind their peers academically... "Closing the Achievement Gap for African-American Students" Draws Educators to Sacramento Some 350 educators gathered in Sacramento on Wednesday (February 17) to focus on “Closing the Achievement Gap for African-American Students: Best Practices for Student Success.” The all-day institute – offered by Total School Solutions (TSS), the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) and the California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) – featured 12 presentations, held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel and the Sacramento Convention Center... Science Teachers Can Use Free Lesson Plans Highlighting Vancouver Winter Olympics The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is offering an online collection of learning tools that helps students learn about physics, biology, and mathematics through exploration of events featured at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics via a 16-part video series, Science of the Olympic Winter Games, produced by the National Broadcasting Company’s Learn and the National Science Foundation. The lesson plans and activities are hosted on the SVEF online repository, Lessonopoly... Test, Evaluate, Collaborate, Reteach Use Data to Guide Decisions about Instruction Part II of a series. In an article last week, we looked briefly at the Center on Education Policy (CEP) recommendations for improving struggling schools. (To review last week’s article, click here.) This week we will begin with the only factor all schools which exited Program Improvement had in common – a frequent analysis of testing data and the use of the data to inform instruction... |
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