THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE @ BROWN UNIVERSITY
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THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE @ BROWN UNIVERSITY
Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners |
In the report, Overlooked and Underserved: Immigrant Children in U.S. Secondary Schools, Urban Institute researcher and presenter Jorge Ruiz-de-Velasco and co-author Michael Fix with Beatriz Chu Clewell examine the educational barriers facing these students and offer strategies for educators and policymakers to overcome those barriers.
http://www.urban.org/immig/overlooked2001.html
The WestEd Regional Laboratory sponsored Bridging Cultures project, in which presenters Giancarlo Mercado and Catherine Daley participated, involved collaboration among researchers and teacher-researchers since Fall 1996 in an action research project. Exploration of the cultural frameworks based on the values associated with the dimensions of individualism (the orientation of the dominant U.S. culture) and collectivism (the orientation of most immigrant cultures, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and others) guided teachers’ explorations in their classrooms.
http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/pj/26
"Chèche Konnen" means "search for knowledge" in Haitain Creole. Presenters Cindy Ballenger and Josiane Hudicourt-Barnes both participated in this project, which looks at the roles of language in the classroom, students’ learning of math and science, and teachers’ professional development.
http://www.terc.edu/TEMPLATE/projects/item.cfm?ProjectID=36
Two Massachusetts 2-way language immersion programs, The AMIGOS Program and The Barbieri School, to be presented by Mary Cazabon, Marcia Pertuz, and Ester de Jong, are both schools in the Exemplary bilingual Education: Portraits of Success project.
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/pos/
A national directory provides extensive information about bilingual immersion programs.
http://www.cal.org/twi/directory/
Presenter Else Hamayan is the Director of The Illinois Research Center (IRC), which provides assistance to teachers serving linguistically and culturally diverse students.
http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/index.html
CAL has sponsored a database of newcomer programs, like those which presenters Beverly Boyson and Lourdes Burrows will be discussing.
http://www.cal.org/crede/newcomer.htm
Presenter Sofia Aburto is one of the authors of Going Schoolwide: Comprehensive School Reform Inclusive of Limited English Proficient Students: A Resource Guide The Benchmark Study: A National Study of Title VII Comprehensive School Programs. This guide provides a comprehensive and useful tool for those considering the needs of ELLs in comprehensive school reform. The guide is No. 17 in the NCELA Resource Collection Series and may be downloaded through the following link:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/resource/
Presenter Suzanne Ashby will present elements of the Southwest Regional Development Laboratory (SEDL)’s guide for involving families and communities of diverse populations, Family and Community Involvement: Reaching out to Diverse Populations.
http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam29.html
Presenter Robert Parker has worked extensively with the Development and Dissemination Schools Initiative. The Development and Dissemination Schools Initiative is a five-year project of the New York City Board of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and the Education Alliance at Brown University. Its goal is to help New York's English-language learners (Ells) acquire both English-language and other skills and knowledge they will need to meet the New Standards that the Chancellor has established for all students in New York City.
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/dnd/
The The Education Alliance hosted the Fourth Annual Claiborne Pell Educational Policy Seminar and the Institute on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in April, 2000. These events brought together practitioners, researchers, and policy makers to explore critical issues in the education of English language learners.
The Keynote addresses of Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics, Carlos Rodriguez, American Institutes for Research, and Diana Lam, Superintendent, Providence Public Schools from last year’s events are available online at:
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/IS2000/
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