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THE PRACTICE: Involves ongoing support for teacher professional development.


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  • Directions in Language and Education
    http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/directions/

    From the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education comes this description of a peer coaching professional development model for mainstream teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students.

  • Making Technology Happen
    http://www.southern.org/pubs/MTH/makingtech.shtml

    Making Technology Happen: Best Practices and Policies from Exemplary K-12 Schools, published by The Southern Growth Policy Board, addresses findings on best practices in the implementation of technology in schools. This online version of the book reviews how more than 200 exemplary schools are bringing technology into their classrooms. Areas of discussion include planning, training, providing technical support, re-engineering organizations, obtaining resources and evaluating how district, state and federal policies impact the process.

  • Strategic Literacy Initiative
    http://www.wested.org/stratlit

    General information about the research-based literacy-focused professional development initiative that has demonstrated results with high school students.

  • Using Research to Inform Practice in Urban Schools: Ten Key Strategies for Success
    http://www.temple.edu/LSS/htmlpublications/spotlights/100/spot103.htm

    These ten strategies aim to facilitate use of research to inform practice in urban schools.

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