Useful New Book
This fall, the California Department of Education is going to be publishing a new book that looks like it may be useful to ESL/EFL teachers Here’s their announcement: Improving Education for English Learners: ...
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More On California Exit Exam Study
Inside School Research, an excellent new blog at Education Week, has a more thorough analysis of the study on the California Exit Exam I posted about earlier today. Here’s a quote from the blog, though I’d strongly...
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Here are some recent additions to The Best Earth Day Sites: A Colorful History of Earth Day is a slideshow from TIME Magazine. Thinkfinity also has a fair amount of resources, including lesson plans, on Earth Day. NASA has some...
Read More“Exit Exam Doesn’t Meet Expectations”
From the beginning of an article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle (it’s definitely worth reading): “For a decade, supporters of the California High School Exit Exam have said the high-stakes test would boost...
Read MoreBusiness Interactive Graphics
The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Business Week have collections of interactive graphics related to both business and non-business related current events. Quite a few of them would be accessible to high...
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