Common Core State Standards: What's Ahead for English-Language Learners, Teachers and Tests?
Earlier this fall in Los Angeles, EWA -- along with the University of California-Berkeley, the Understanding Language Initiative at Stanford University, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), and the California Community Foundation -- held a seminar on how the new Common Core State Standards will impact English-language learners. We focused on lessons from California, with a conversation about Miami-Dade Public Schools (home to one of the nation's larger ELL populations).
You can read Latino Ed Beat blogger Katherine Leal Unmuth's piece on Miami-Dade here. Additionally, several journalists who attended the seminar are at work on stories and projects that grew out of their participation. Two have already published their first related stories: Claudia Melendez Salinas, of the Monterey County Herald, and
You can read Latino Ed Beat blogger Katherine Leal Unmuth's piece on Miami-Dade here. Additionally, several journalists who attended the seminar are at work on stories and projects that grew out of their participation. Two have already published their first related stories: Claudia Melendez Salinas, of the Monterey County Herald, and
