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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

And while the materials he uses match his students’ level of English proficiency, Brock said he sometimes feels like he’s insulting their intelligence. A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials. He isn’t alone.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide.

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When it comes to struggling schools, school choice is no substitute for systemic change

The Hechinger Report

By earlier accounts , this program helped lower the number of high school “dropout factories” with increased graduation rates and boosted test scores in about two-thirds of the schools in the program. Clearly we need to dig deeper as one analyst suggests , pointing out the limitations of the study. Invest in instruction.

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