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Recent News and Journal Articles of Interest
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Posted Jan 4, 2008
This article in the NYTimes talks about how an international charter school in GA attracts refugee and US born students alike.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/us/25school.htmlSigns of Success
Posted Jan 4, 2008
This article highlights teachers in Burlington who participated in the QUEST program and discusses how the program helped them to better teach ELLs. You will need to be a member of NSCD to read the article.
http://www.nsdc.org/publications/articleDetails.cfm?articleID=1586To Muslim Girls, Scouts Offer a Chance to Fit In
Posted Nov 28, 2007
An article in the New York Times profiles a group of Muslim girls in the Minneapolis area who form their own Girl Scout troup.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28girlscout.htmlIraqi Family Celebrates Thanksgiving in Vermont
Posted Nov 26, 2007
An article in the Burlington Free Press (11/25/07) introduces the first family from Iraq to be resettled in Vermont.
Go to articleLearning to Think in English
Posted Sep 17, 2007
This article in a recent issue of Educational Leadership shows how teachers can help ELLs learn higher order thinking skills while they learn English.
Click here for articleAlmost from Scratch
Posted May 7, 2007
An article in NEA Today describes how teachers are learning to teach Somali Bantu refugees in Minneapolis.
http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0705/feature1.html
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