"Contributors: Barbara D. Acosta, Laura Alvarez, Kristina Anstrom, Margarita Calderon, Sarah Capitelli, Jim Cummins, Claude Goldenberg, Joel Gomez, Margo Gottlieb, Elena Izquierdo, Okhee Lee, Liliana Minaya-Rowe, Alba A. Ortiz, Charlene Rivera, Robert E. Slavin, Maria N. Trejo, and Guadalupe ValdesBreaking Through is the eighth book in the Leading Edge series, which invites education authorities from around the globe to confront an impor ..."
"A powerful array of field-tested literacy tools for closing the achievement gap! This book provides a comprehensive and systematic framework for developing literacy skills and improving reading in all content areas. With funding from the Carnegie Corporation and the U.S. Department of Education, author Margarita Calderón has developed a research-based approach to expediting reading comprehension that results in higher test scores not j ..."
"Greater numbers of English learners (ELs) are enrolled in school every year. Teachers and administrators are concerned with the large gap in reading and academic standing between ELs and students performing at grade level and want to know how to provide quality instruction to help close this gap. This book addresses the language, literacy, and content instructional needs of ELs and frames quality instruction within effective schooling s ..."
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"Latino (or Hispanic) children are one of the fastest-growing groups in U.S. schools today. On average, these students perform worse than Anglo students on measures of academic achievement and other measures of academic success, and their drop-out rate is high. There are schools of excellence among those serving Latino children, but the majority of these children are placed "at risk" by schools and community institutions unable to build ..."
"`This book is certain to be an indispensable guide to planning and practice in dual language schools. It is practical, down-to-earth, and firmly based in broad experience and research' - Robert Slavin, Co-Director, Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk, Johns Hopkins University `Margarita Espino Calderón and Liliana Minaya-Rowe have done an excellent job of presenting relevant research along with practical exa ..."
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