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The goal of implementing a culture-based curriculum that draws upon indigenous knowledge, traditions, and language is currently in competition with demands placed on schools by high stakes educational reform to implement a standards-based curriculum in schools.

This Research & Policy Brief was developed to help states consider options for assessing student learning growth for the majority of teachers who teach content not assessed through standardized tests.

Information on the Rights of All Children to Enroll in School: Questions and Answers for States, School Districts and Parents

There are a large and increasing number of English language learners with learning disabilities at our Pre-K-12 schools.

This memorandum aims to clarify the relationship between Response to Intervention and evaluations pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

This article discusses decision points to reclassify students as fluent and proficient in English.

This article explains how ELs are often bullied and mocked because of their accents and diverse cultural characteristics. Included are suggestions and resources for families and teachers, to help ELs understand and cope with bullying.

This study examines how public debate can shape school district policy.

This position statement paper proposes a multidimensional paradigm shift from a deficit- to a strength-focused perspective to meet the needs of CLD students in gifted education.

Recent randomized experiments have found that seemingly "small" social-psychological interventions in educationthat is, brief exercises that target students' thoughts, feelings, and beliefs in and about schoolcan lead to large gains in student achievement and sharply reduce achievemen