• Articles on how to teach English language learners to read ... and succeed!
  Peruse this section of Colorin' Colorado for research-based and best-practice information for educators, parents, and others concerned about the achievement of ELL students.
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• Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools
  Drawing from 35 years of research, Robert J. Marzano focuses on what works. The vocabulary terms that are critical to students' success are included for all grade levels. Learn why insufficient background knowledge is a chronic cause of low achievement, and learn strategies that help.
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• Good Principles, Great Principals
  Good Principles, Great Principals Jim Collins goes to school--and explains high performance there, too. From: Issue 109 | October 2006 | Page 40 | By: Alyssa Danigelis | Illustrations by: Josh Cochran Article regarding high achievement in some Arizona schools with latino students.
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• I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers
  I Read It, but I Don't Get It is a practical, engaging account of how teachers can help adolescents develop new reading comprehension skills. Cris Tovani is an accomplished teacher andstaff developer who writes with verve and humor about the challenges of working with students at all levels of achievement -from those who have mastered the art of "fake reading" to college-bound juniors and seniors who struggle with the different demands of content-area textbooks and novels.
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• Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap
  View entire book online. Alfred Tatum brings together his various experiences as a black male student, middle school teacher working with struggling black male readers, reading specialist in an urban elementary school, and staff developer in classrooms across the nation. His new book, Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males offers teachers and schools a way to reconceptualize literacy instruction for those who need it most.
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• Toward Excellence with Equity
  New Research on Closing Racial Achievement Gaps Harvard professor Ronald Ferguson's Toward Excellence with Equity brings together his most recent research and explains why closing achievement gaps is more urgent today than ever before
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