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 A publication of Course Crafters, Inc. . Volume 3, Number 5 
September/October 2004 
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In This Issue...
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  • In The News
  • Rules for Federal Panels Slows Research, Slavin Says
  • Differentiated Instruction: We Can No Longer Just Aim Down the Middle
  • Blog #3: In the Eye of the Storm
  • Did Immersion Triumph in Arizona?

  • Rules for Federal Panels Slows Research, Slavin Says
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    After quitting the high-profile National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth, Robert E. Slavin explains that panel rules hindered his work on bilingual education research. Diane August, principal investigator of the panel, disagrees.

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    Differentiated Instruction: We Can No Longer Just Aim Down the Middle
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    Almost everyone agrees that instruction should be designed to meet the differing needs of individual students in a classroom. But what does differentiated instruction really mean? How is it done?

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    Blog #3: In the Eye of the Storm
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    Quan Cao, our on-the-spot reporter, presents a first somber and then uplifting view of the effect of recent hurricanes on the residents of Florida and our overall outlook on education and life in disaster situations.

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    Did Immersion Triumph in Arizona?
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    In a guest article, Dr. Krashen responds to a controversial study released by the Arizona Department of Education that claims that structured English immersion is more successful in educating ELLs than bilingual education.

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    In The News
    Mayor to Erase Bilingual Ed? New York Daily News - 9/17/04

    At Language Camp, Kids Translate English into Fun The Seattle Times - 8/14/04

    Schools Learn Their Own Lessons from Hmong Green Bay (WI) Press- Gazette - 8/24/04

    TEA Official Testifies State Needs to Triple Supplement for Bilingual Education San Antonio (TX) Express- News - 9/10/04

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