About 10% of public school students live in households where English is not the primary language. These English Language Learners ...

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Understanding differences between home cultures and school cultures, enhancing cross-cultural communication, and increasing parent involvement help teachers develop methods for ...

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This course explores current research in second language acquisition as it applies to classroom practice. Students are first introduced to ...

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This course addresses the challenges and the opportunities of educating the linguistically and culturally diverse growing population of Latino students. ...

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Is the glass half full or half empty? A brain that is susceptible to adverse environmental effects, such as poverty ...

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Most teachers are now encountering students who are not native-born, are not native English speakers, and are thus learning English ...

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This course will focus on modern strategies for the K-12 teacher to support the learning of English Language Learners.  This ...

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This timely and thought-provoking course offers the opportunity to trace the historical progression of race, ethnicity, and gender in the ...

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Imagine being a teen or preteen who has just moved to a new country. You walk into your new school, ...

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Issues tied to race and culture continue to be a part of the landscape of America’s schools and classrooms. Given ...

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