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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards. Those statistics recently prompted the U.S.

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Seeking advantage, colleges are increasingly admitting students as sophomores

The Hechinger Report

Alana Wolf at her summer internship at a theater company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. That’s gotten harder during an ongoing enrollment slide now entering its seventh year; there were nearly 2.9

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Certificates of attendance are designed for students with severe cognitive limitations who cannot meet high school academic standards. His dad works as a foreman at a painting company and has hired Michael. Unlike a GED, a certificate is not equivalent to a high school diploma and is not accepted by most colleges and employers.

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