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Title: News Article: Extra Funding for Small Schools in New York
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/nyregion/21schools.html?_r=1&oref=slogin City to Give 20 Small Special Education Schools Extra Funds By ELISSA GOOTMAN February 21, 2007 The New York City Department of Education, faced with criticism that special education students and those who are not proficient in English are being shut out of many small middle and high schools, announced yesterday that 20 schools set to open in September would receive extra money to serve those students. The creation of small schools is a cornerstone of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s efforts to overhaul the city education system. But because the schools have been opening with about only 100 students and five or six teachers, the department has allowed them to limit their student bodies during the first two years of operation. Read the entire article at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/nyregion/21schools.html?_r=1&oref=slogin .
Source: The New York Times
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Title: News Article: Extra Funding for Small Schools in New York
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/nyregion/21schools.html?_r=1&oref=slogin City to Give 20 Small Special Education Schools Extra Funds By ELISSA GOOTMAN February 21, 2007 The New York City Department of Education, faced with criticism that special education students and those who are not proficient in English are being shut out of many small middle and high schools, announced yesterday that 20 schools set to open in September would receive extra money to serve those students. The creation of small schools is a cornerstone of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s efforts to overhaul the city education system. But because the schools have been opening with about only 100 students and five or six teachers, the department has allowed them to limit their student bodies during the first two years of operation. Read the entire article at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/nyregion/21schools.html?_r=1&oref=slogin .
Source: The New York Times
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Title: News Article: Multilingualism Important for Job Seekers
Body: From http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=282494 Want a new job? Think global. By Sheila Norman-Culp Associated Press February 18, 2007 Americans have heard for years about globalization. They have seen its impact on manufacturing industries, have protested its uneven local consequences and feared its inroads into new professions like medicine and law. But as a nation we’re not at the forefront — if we were, we would all be out studying foreign languages. Not only does that improve your job chances in the future, Kent State economist Donald Williams says it pays off right now in cold hard cash. Interested in whether Spanish should be required in the United States, Williams looked at Western Europe and found that being able to use a foreign language on the job there raised a worker’s earnings anywhere from 5 percent to 20 percent. In the United States, plenty of jobs — in medicine, law enforcement, government, education — already pay extra to those able to operate in a second language. More are expected to do so in the future. Read the entire article at http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=282494 .
Source: Daily Herald, Chicago
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Title: News Article: Multilingualism Important for Job Seekers
Body: From http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=282494 Want a new job? Think global. By Sheila Norman-Culp Associated Press February 18, 2007 Americans have heard for years about globalization. They have seen its impact on manufacturing industries, have protested its uneven local consequences and feared its inroads into new professions like medicine and law. But as a nation we’re not at the forefront — if we were, we would all be out studying foreign languages. Not only does that improve your job chances in the future, Kent State economist Donald Williams says it pays off right now in cold hard cash. Interested in whether Spanish should be required in the United States, Williams looked at Western Europe and found that being able to use a foreign language on the job there raised a worker’s earnings anywhere from 5 percent to 20 percent. In the United States, plenty of jobs — in medicine, law enforcement, government, education — already pay extra to those able to operate in a second language. More are expected to do so in the future. Read the entire article at http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=282494 .
Source: Daily Herald, Chicago
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Title: Virginia Schools Continue to Defy NCLB Testing for ELLs
Body: From http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/3557423p-12787039c.html Va. raps No Child testing rules By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Officials in some high-immigrant school districts are threatening to defy a federal law that requires all children to take the same reading tests, even those struggling to learn English. This month, the U.S. Department of Education threatened sanctions against Virginia - including the possibility of withholding funds - if the state doesn't enforce the provision, which is part of the No Child Left Behind law. The Virginia Department of Education had sought an exemption for another year, contending that the rule is unfair. Immigrants who have been in the U.S. a short time "are simply unable to take a test written in English and produce results that are meaningful in any way," said Donald J. Ford, superintendent of the Harrisonburg city school division. Read the entire article at http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/3557423p-12787039c.html .
Source: The News and Observer
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Title: Virginia Schools Continue to Defy NCLB Testing for ELLs
Body: From http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/3557423p-12787039c.html Va. raps No Child testing rules By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Officials in some high-immigrant school districts are threatening to defy a federal law that requires all children to take the same reading tests, even those struggling to learn English. This month, the U.S. Department of Education threatened sanctions against Virginia - including the possibility of withholding funds - if the state doesn't enforce the provision, which is part of the No Child Left Behind law. The Virginia Department of Education had sought an exemption for another year, contending that the rule is unfair. Immigrants who have been in the U.S. a short time "are simply unable to take a test written in English and produce results that are meaningful in any way," said Donald J. Ford, superintendent of the Harrisonburg city school division. Read the entire article at http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/3557423p-12787039c.html .
Source: The News and Observer
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Title: Weather in Arabic
Body: Weather Underground has a site in Arabic, where forecasts from all over the United States are available in Arabic. Available at http://arabic.wunderground.com .
Source: Weather Underground
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Title: Weather in Arabic
Body: Weather Underground has a site in Arabic, where forecasts from all over the United States are available in Arabic. Available at http://arabic.wunderground.com .
Source: Weather Underground
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Title: New Newsletter for Chinese Language Teachers
Body: The first issue (January 2007) of the Chinese Language in the Schools newsletter is available at http://askasia.org/chinese/announcements/newsletter0107.htm . This electronic newsletter is intended to provide information to a wide range of people who are involved in or becoming interested in Chinese - school board members, superintendents, principals, parents and community members, teachers, education policymakers and others. A companion website AskAsia.org/Chinese features fuller information on: * Schools that teach Chinese * Sources of teachers * State certification and licensure * Links to other professional organizations. The companion website is available at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=p4fte8bab.0.0.8mdcbyn6.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Faskasia.org%2Fchinese . The January 2007 newsletter is available at http://askasia.org/chinese/announcements/newsletter0107.htm .
Source: Asia Society
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Title: New Newsletter for Chinese Language Teachers
Body: The first issue (January 2007) of the Chinese Language in the Schools newsletter is available at http://askasia.org/chinese/announcements/newsletter0107.htm . This electronic newsletter is intended to provide information to a wide range of people who are involved in or becoming interested in Chinese - school board members, superintendents, principals, parents and community members, teachers, education policymakers and others. A companion website AskAsia.org/Chinese features fuller information on: * Schools that teach Chinese * Sources of teachers * State certification and licensure * Links to other professional organizations. The companion website is available at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=p4fte8bab.0.0.8mdcbyn6.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Faskasia.org%2Fchinese . The January 2007 newsletter is available at http://askasia.org/chinese/announcements/newsletter0107.htm .
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Teaching and Cultural Resources at AskAsia.org
Body: From http://askasia.org/teachers/about-materials/index.php AskAsia.org is an online resource that helps visitors explore critical questions about Asia and globalization themes. The site features scholarly content about Asia and US-Asia relations; expert K-12 teaching and learning strategies; and useful learning resources, such as maps, photographs, art images, glossaries, timelines and more. Available at http://askasia.org/?PHPSESSID=04d720c96fc6eaf04feed61a66e15c23 .
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Teaching and Cultural Resources at AskAsia.org
Body: From http://askasia.org/teachers/about-materials/index.php AskAsia.org is an online resource that helps visitors explore critical questions about Asia and globalization themes. The site features scholarly content about Asia and US-Asia relations; expert K-12 teaching and learning strategies; and useful learning resources, such as maps, photographs, art images, glossaries, timelines and more. Available at http://askasia.org/?PHPSESSID=04d720c96fc6eaf04feed61a66e15c23 .
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Japanese Culture Presentations
Body: From http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JIC/cultpres.html The Japan Information Center (JIC) provides members of its staff free of charge to deliver presentations about Japan and Japanese culture to schools and community groups. Our staff can visit area schools or groups, or welcome visitors from anywhere in our ten-state jurisdiction. The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago serves the 10 Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. For more information, go to http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JIC/cultpres.html .
Source: Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
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Title: Japanese Culture Presentations
Body: From http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JIC/cultpres.html The Japan Information Center (JIC) provides members of its staff free of charge to deliver presentations about Japan and Japanese culture to schools and community groups. Our staff can visit area schools or groups, or welcome visitors from anywhere in our ten-state jurisdiction. The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago serves the 10 Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. For more information, go to http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JIC/cultpres.html .
Source: Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
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Title: New Listserv: Latin for Americans
Body: There is a new listserv for teachers of Latin using the *Latin for Americans* curriculum. To sign up, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/latinforamericans . Pearson, A. [Latinteach] Latin for Americans group. The Teaching of the Latin Language listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 19 Feb 2007).
Source: Latinteach
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Title: New Listserv: Latin for Americans
Body: There is a new listserv for teachers of Latin using the *Latin for Americans* curriculum. To sign up, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/latinforamericans . Pearson, A. [Latinteach] Latin for Americans group. The Teaching of the Latin Language listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 19 Feb 2007).
Source: Latinteach
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Title: Latin Essay Contest
Body: http://www.cavclassics.org/contests.htm#composition THE 2007 CAV LATIN ESSAY CONTEST The contest is open to students in high schools and preparatory schools in the state of Virginia whose teacher is currently a member of the Classical Association of Virginia and whose dues for 2006-2007 have been paid in full at the time when the entry is submitted. Essays must be written entirely in Latin, and must be on the subject prescribed for the level of Latin the contestant is taking. The subjects for 2005-2006 are: First Year Latin: De Cursu Honorum apud Romanos Re Publica Florente (100-200 words) Second Year Latin: De Cuiusque Legionis Romanae Compositione (150-250 words) Advanced Latin: De Cn. Pompeii Vita (200-300 words) All entries must be received on or before April 15, 2007. More information available at http://www.cavclassics.org/contests.htm#composition .
Source: Classical Association of Virginia
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Title: Latin Essay Contest
Body: http://www.cavclassics.org/contests.htm#composition THE 2007 CAV LATIN ESSAY CONTEST The contest is open to students in high schools and preparatory schools in the state of Virginia whose teacher is currently a member of the Classical Association of Virginia and whose dues for 2006-2007 have been paid in full at the time when the entry is submitted. Essays must be written entirely in Latin, and must be on the subject prescribed for the level of Latin the contestant is taking. The subjects for 2005-2006 are: First Year Latin: De Cursu Honorum apud Romanos Re Publica Florente (100-200 words) Second Year Latin: De Cuiusque Legionis Romanae Compositione (150-250 words) Advanced Latin: De Cn. Pompeii Vita (200-300 words) All entries must be received on or before April 15, 2007. More information available at http://www.cavclassics.org/contests.htm#composition .
Source: Classical Association of Virginia
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Title: Das Goethe Haus: Interactive Online Site
Body: Das Goethe Haus…. this is an animated house located in the city of Weimar. Here the 29 year old journalist Wolfgang lives alone. His girlfriend Katharina, 26, also lives in Weimar but she has her own apartment; Wolfgang and Katharina spend a lot of time together. When you get to the page, ring the door bell and Wolfgang will open the door and will invite you to come in. You are in the entry hall. Wolfgang will accompany you through the house; in fact he is somehow attached to the movement of the mouse/cursor. And he talks to you—in German of course. Through him you will discover a “typical” German house, a lot of German culture and more. On the bottom of the screen are some exercises that you can complete if you like. Also, whatever German text you see, it can be read to you and you can follow along. When you have moved Wolfgang to a particular place, a green balloon will pop up and Wolfgang will say the word. Click on it and you will be taken to the place. For example, when Wolfgang moves towards the “Arbeitszimmer” you will proceed to go into the Arbeitszimmer = study or office by clicking on the balloon. It needs a little time to get used to this guy. But the German you hear is outstanding. Available at http://www.goethe.de/ins/jp/pro/goethe-haus . Carlson, A. [AATG-L] Das Goethe Haus--Listening/reading comprehension, cultural discovery. American Association of Teachers of German (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 20 Feb 2007).
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Title: Das Goethe Haus: Interactive Online Site
Body: Das Goethe Haus…. this is an animated house located in the city of Weimar. Here the 29 year old journalist Wolfgang lives alone. His girlfriend Katharina, 26, also lives in Weimar but she has her own apartment; Wolfgang and Katharina spend a lot of time together. When you get to the page, ring the door bell and Wolfgang will open the door and will invite you to come in. You are in the entry hall. Wolfgang will accompany you through the house; in fact he is somehow attached to the movement of the mouse/cursor. And he talks to you—in German of course. Through him you will discover a “typical” German house, a lot of German culture and more. On the bottom of the screen are some exercises that you can complete if you like. Also, whatever German text you see, it can be read to you and you can follow along. When you have moved Wolfgang to a particular place, a green balloon will pop up and Wolfgang will say the word. Click on it and you will be taken to the place. For example, when Wolfgang moves towards the “Arbeitszimmer” you will proceed to go into the Arbeitszimmer = study or office by clicking on the balloon. It needs a little time to get used to this guy. But the German you hear is outstanding. Available at http://www.goethe.de/ins/jp/pro/goethe-haus . Carlson, A. [AATG-L] Das Goethe Haus--Listening/reading comprehension, cultural discovery. American Association of Teachers of German (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 20 Feb 2007).
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