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Reaching Out to Spanish-Speaking Families: Ensuring Educational Success
The U.S. Department of Education and the National PTA partnered to produce a one-hour interactive teleconference for parent-teacher associations, schools and community groups interested in improving outreach to Spanish-speaking families. The focus is on practical ideas and best practices that can be adapted locally.
Time on Computers If you don't have enough computers for students in your class to use individually, planning group work often solves the problem. The key is to create lesson plans that focus upon activities using a variety of learning tools. For example, student groups might rotate through activities involving Web sites, video segments, print materials, science investigations, etc.
ALI Almanac Check out the ALI Almanac. It contains great information on eduation events of interest and happenings in history on this day.