English Language Learners and Bilingual Education Task Force

Goals of the Task Force
To assist urban public school systems nationally in improving the quality of instruction for English Language Learners and immigrant children.

Chairs:
Marion Bolden, Newark Superintendent
Theresa Pena, Denver School Board

Bilingual, Immigrant, and Refugee Education Directors' Meeting
Framing the Challenges and Finding the Solutions
Miami, FL
May 10-12, 2007
 

• Meeting Agenda
  
  Materials from the Meeting 

• Background materials: Center for Applied Linguistics website
  • Searchable Database of Elementary and Secondary School Newcomer Programs in the United States (www.cal.org/newcomerdb/index.jsp)
  • Summary of Data in Directory of Secondary Newcomer programs in the United States, Revised 2000 (www.cal.org/crede/newcsummary.htm)

• Presentation slides by Dr. Aida Walqui
• Background material
  • Paper by Dr. Aida Walqui “Developing Accomplished Instructional Support Specialists: Applying Shulman’s Model to ELL Education”
  • Guidelines by the Center on Instruction “Research-based recommendations for instruction and academic interventions”

• Presentation slides by Dr. Kenji Hakuta
• Background materials: “Similar English learner students, different results: Why do some schools do better?”
  • Report of findings
  • Research brief

• Presentation slides by Dr. Ricki Price-Baugh