ESCORT - Research Panel Report

“The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners”

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:33:56 -0400

Expert group urges attention to English-language learners in stimulus spending

For Immediate Release

March 20, 2009
Working Group on ELL Policy

CONTACT:

Kenji Hakuta, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education
Stanford University
hakuta@stanford.edu
650.862.2891

Diane August, Center for Applied Linguistics
daugust@msn.com
301.229.5077

Jennifer O’Day, American Institutes for Research
joday@air.org
202.262.4987

The full version of the report can be downloaded at: http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/ARRA

National Mathematics Advisory Panel

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:51:19 -0500

On April 18, 2006, President Bush created the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. The panel will advise the President and Secretary Spellings on the best use of scientifically based research on the teaching and learning of mathematics.

A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and their Families

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:25:23 -0400

On October 3, 2001, President George Bush established a Commission on Excellence in Special Education to collect information and study issues related to federal, state, and local special education programs with the goal of recommending policies for improving the education performance of students with disabilities.

Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:33:49 -0400

Special education and gifted and talented programs were designed for children whose educational needs are not well met in regular classrooms. From their inceptions, these programs have had disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minority students. What causes this disproportion? Is it a problem?

Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:43:14 -0400

New Report on English Language Learning

U.S. schools serve more than 14 million children nationwide who come from households in which English is not the primary language spoken. The increasing numbers and diversity of language-minority students pose a challenge for U.S. K-12 schools. The importance of this challenge led the U.S. Department of Education to create the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth.