Originally posted January 7, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner The New York State Department of Education (NYSED) has recently released newly created draft language progressions for ELLs that it has developed via its Bilingual Common Core Initiative. The state is seeking public comment on these materials until January 25, 2013.…
Originally posted January 1, 2013 on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner Happy New Year! I hope that all of you have enjoyed a restful and fulfilling holiday season and have had a chance to recharge your batteries to begin 2013. Since top ten lists are popular during this time of…
Posted on the Colorín Colorado blog November 14, 2012 by Diane Staehr Fenner Yesterday, I attended the American Federation of Teachers’ Second Roundtable on the CCSS and ELLs. Here’s a photo of all the presenters.
Diane Staehr Fenner / October 25, 2012 Published here at the Colorín Colorado blog I recently had the opportunity to facilitate three roundtable discussions on the implementation of the CCSS for ELLs in Miami, Florida. These conversations took place at the ninth National Summit on Hispanic Education organized by the…
Diane Staehr Fenner / October 19, 2012 Published here at the Colorín Colorado blog Welcome to the first weekly Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Learners (ELLs) blog! I’m Diane Staehr Fenner, and I’ll let you know a little more about myself in just a bit. Before I…
