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School Funding: Always an Issue- Thinking Back to Serrano I and SB 90 | EL Coach
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School Funding: Always an Issue- Thinking Back to Serrano I and SB 90. October 26, 2014. Issues pertaining to equitable school funding have been around for over a half a century now. Following the. Brown v. Board of Ed. 1954) “separate but equal” ruling, lawsuits began to spring up that challenged school finance systems under the equal protection law (Brimley, Verstegen, and Garfield, 2012). Now this might not sound too bad on the surface. However, California operated on TWO foundation programs. ...Serra...
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Immigration-Then and Now: Reflections from Ellis Island and Tomorrow’s Classroom | EL Coach
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Immigration-Then and Now: Reflections from Ellis Island and Tomorrow’s Classroom. August 5, 2014. There are many similarities in their journeys, but there’s a great difference in how they are received. The journey for immigrants then and now were treacherous. One across sea, the other land. Children leaving their families. Leaving ones home in hope for a better life. This is a different America than the Europeans witnessed in coming through Ellis Island. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Immigration-Then and Now: Reflections from Ellis Island and Tomorrow’s Classroom | EL Coach
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Immigration-Then and Now: Reflections from Ellis Island and Tomorrow’s Classroom. August 5, 2014. There are many similarities in their journeys, but there’s a great difference in how they are received. The journey for immigrants then and now were treacherous. One across sea, the other land. Children leaving their families. Leaving ones home in hope for a better life. This is a different America than the Europeans witnessed in coming through Ellis Island. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Helping Parents Understand the Common Core | EL Coach
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Helping Parents Understand the Common Core. August 31, 2014. Most people involved in education have an opinion about the Common Core State Standards, and a divide clearly exists. I’m seeing that the divide in opinion often comes from misinformation, misunderstanding and sometimes simple political loyalty. In the parental arena, test scores seem to be a central concern. I’ve found this approach to help and have included the general parent responses below each step:. 8211; To prepare students for college.
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Are English Learners Being Tested Too Early This Year? | EL Coach
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Are English Learners Being Tested Too Early This Year? August 20, 2014. School won’t start until next week for our students. However, our English learners are being called in for their annual CELDT Testing. My main concern however is specifically for our population of students who have been disconnected from the English language for 10 weeks now. Some may argue that it doesn’t matter; that kids will demonstrate the language that they own. Food for thought as we begin our new school year. Immigration-Then...
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Social business and beyond. Moving from Typepad to WordPress. After eight years, I’ve finally moved my blog from Typepad to WordPress. Here’s how I made the migration, in case you’re in a similar situation and thinking about making a similar switch. You’ve got your own domain name, e.g. example.com. If you are only using “example.typepad.com” then you’ll need to buy one. You want a managed hosting solution, rather than maintaining a server and code base yourself. 1 Prepare your Typepad blog for migration.
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About | EL Coach
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Welcome to my blog! I am an English Learner Instructional Coach in a K-8 District located in Southern California. I offer professional development and support to teachers of English Learners. I am passionate about the Common Core and the potential it offers a new generation of learners in America. I think about the needs we must address to ensure the success of Common Core. What scaffolds do our students (especially ELs) need? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Funding Public Education How Does California Fair? | EL Coach
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Funding Public Education How Does California Fair? November 2, 2014. Public education is funded through the collection of various taxes, including income tax, sales tax, property tax, sumptuary (excise) tax, and severance tax. Brimley, Verstegen, and Garfield (2012) identify the characteristics of a good tax system. Those characteristics are:. Fairness/equity in the way all individuals are treated. Adequacy to maintain the services of government. Impact/incidence with minimized tax-shifting. If we shift ...
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Professional Development Systems that Support Successful Implementation of Common Core | EL Coach
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Professional Development Systems that Support Successful Implementation of Common Core. July 14, 2014. My latest task in my doctoral studies has moved on to policy analysis. In keeping things relevant to my work, and my passions, I’m focusing my research this term on District professional development systems. Were teacher support systems put in place? What were the effects on student achievement? So I question, what happens after the training, after the conference? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Fill in you...
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Academic Oral Language Success in Common Core | EL Coach
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Academic Oral Language Success in Common Core. September 14, 2014. Having students who are able to communicate their learning, as well as collaborate with their peers in an academic setting are two primary goals of the new Common Core standards. Communication and collaboration are life skills that are required for successful participation in a 21st Century Global Society. Under Common Core this has become a new responsibility of K-12 education. How do we make this happen? My upcoming series of blog posts...
