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Dearborn’s Elementary Arabic Language Program: Forging innovation and Collaboration

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By: Shereen Tabrizi, Ph.D.

The Dearborn Public Schools, with 18,300 students, is located in the Detroit urban area with the largest concentration of Arabic-speaking population in the United States. In order to prepare our students for the 21st century skills and global awareness and in Studentresponse to parents’ requests, the author in collaboration with the school principals Nada Fouani at Iris Becker, Mahmoud Abu-Rus at William Ford and Rose Aldubaily at Miller elementary schools established an Arabic as a foreign language elementary school program (FLES). Acting on the belief in the ... More >

 

MICHIGAN ASCD - HOT TOPICS

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Report: Poverty, Abuse, Educational Performance Up
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Many philanthropies planned to give less to education in 2009
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Michigan Slips Marginally On National Report Card
Gongwer Michigan Report

 


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Principal's collaborative culture is credited for school's success
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School infuses arts, technology into curriculum
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Educators debate Internet changes to language, grammar
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MDE NEWS

MDE Memos

New State Board Meeting Format

Revised MEAP Testing Schedule

Changes to High School Content Expectations

Achieving Success with the Michigan Merit Exam

Education Department Preparing For Takeover Duties

'Race To The Top' Application Raises Concern With Ed. Board

 

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State associations sound off about school budget cuts

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Teacher offers tips on positivity as a classroom-management strategy

Granholm, Kellogg, Wilson Announce Math Teacher Fellowships

 

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MICHIGAN LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Heated Debate Erupts On Extending Academic Czar To Schools

Education Board Aiming For School Finance Recommendation

Commission Rips State On Unfunded Mandates

Groups Push Education Plan From State Leaders

 

NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Senate Leader Seeks to Revamp PD: Shift from Highly Qualified to Highly Effective

They're Baaaack! Congress Returns to the Hill

ASCD is hosting an exhibit about the whole child approach to education on Capitol Hill on Thursday, January 28, 2010

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Michigan School Testing Conference 2010–50th Anniversary!
February 22-24, 2010
Location: Kensington Court Hotel, Ann Arbor

21st Century Learning
The New Digital Classroom, Building Expertise in the Science Curriculum
Tuesday, February 9th, 1 p.m. EST

The New Digital Classroom, Building Expertise in the English Language Arts Curriculum
Wednesday, March 17th, 1 p.m. EST

The New Digital Classroom, Building Expertise through Technology
Wednesday, April 21st, 3:30 p.m. EST

 


Michigan ASCD
Professional Development Opportunities


Michigan ASCD Curriculum Leaders Institute - Cohort 4 (2010 - 2012)

Differentiated Instruction Conference, February 1-2, 2010, Kent ISD  


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