Comments on: Quality Counts 2009: English Learners http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/quality-counts-2009-english-learners/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Margo/Mom http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/quality-counts-2009-english-learners/#comment-42778 Margo/Mom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:55:51 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7032#comment-42778 "I’m guessing third-generation kids are mislabeled. They speak English fluently but read and write poorly for reasons other than the fact that some Spanish is spoken at home." Ah--but with a label they become someone else's problem. That way we never have to look at whether the instruction in classrooms is meeting the needs of the students who are actually there. “I’m guessing third-generation kids are mislabeled. They speak English fluently but read and write poorly for reasons other than the fact that some Spanish is spoken at home.”

Ah–but with a label they become someone else’s problem. That way we never have to look at whether the instruction in classrooms is meeting the needs of the students who are actually there.

]]> By: English Language Learners Report | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/01/quality-counts-2009-english-learners/#comment-42777 English Language Learners Report | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:35:12 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=7032#comment-42777 [...] Learning The Language and Joanne Jacobs shared some highlights from the report released today by Education Week on English Language [...] [...] Learning The Language and Joanne Jacobs shared some highlights from the report released today by Education Week on English Language [...]

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