March 2007
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March 2007 | Volume 64 | Number 6
Responding to Changing Demographics
Feature Articles
Perspectives / Hot-Button Issue
Marge Scherer
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Five Trends for Schools
Shelley Lapkoff and Rose Maria Li
From roller-coaster enrollments to a multiplicity of languages, schools face change.
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As Diversity Grows, So Must We
Gary R. Howard
A plan for schools experiencing rapid diversification.
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What Families Want
Deborah Wadsworth and Michael Hamill Remaley
What families need from schools to make their dreams come true.
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The Culturally Responsive Teacher
Ana María Villegas and Tamara Lucas
Which instructional approaches work best for students from linguistically diverse backgrounds?
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Helping Young Hispanic Learners
Eugene E. García and Bryant Jensen
Children in the youngest and largest ethnic group need universal prekindergarten, rich language programs, and bilingual teachers.
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Schooling, Interrupted
Andrea DeCapua, Will Smathers and Lixing Frank Tang
The authors describe programs that fill in the learning gaps of students whose formal schooling has been interrupted.
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Rethinking the Line Between Us
Bill Bigelow
A social studies curriculum raises awareness of Mexican/U.S. immigration issues.
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“Tinkering” Close to the Edge
Mia Lynn Mercurio and Charles R. A. Morse
Court rulings challenge schools to consider what constitutes free speech.
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Lessons at the Kitchen Table
Margery B. Ginsberg
Home visits provide teachers funds of knowledge.
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Building Partnerships with Immigrant Parents
Andrea Sobel and Eileen Gale Kugler
A Virginia school invites parents to leadership seminars.
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Schools in Transition
Ellen McCarthy, Sandra R. Schecter, John Ippolito, Karine Rashkovsky, Valentine Hart, Louis Cuglietto, Robert Burke and Steven Ocasio
From sex education to dealing with racism, four schools share strategies for responding to diverse students' needs.
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Special Topic / The Case For and Against Homework
Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering
What research recommends about the amount and kind of homework students need.
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Response / Toward Neuro-logical Reading Instruction
Judy Willis
“Brain glitch” research ignores the complex components of reading.
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Departments
All About Accountability / Another Bite Out of the Apple
W. James Popham
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Leading to Change / Closing the Implementation Gap
Douglas Reeves
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The Principal Connection / Affirming Diversity
Thomas R. Hoerr
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Review / Super Size Me: An Educational Tool of Epic Proportions
Eric K. Gill
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Special Report / Focus on Adolescent English Language Learners
Deborah Perkins-Gough
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ASCD Community in Action
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The Best of the Blog
Laura Varlas
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Journal Staff
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Online Only
Maintaining Excellence at Harrisonburg High
Pamela Nesselrodt
A growing high school adopts a sheltered instruction program for newly arrived students.
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EL Study Guide
Naomi Thiers
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