By Ann Aguirre, Literacy Coordinator   It is now well accepted that the chief cause of the achievement gap between socio-economic groups is a language gap.                                   E.D. Hirsch, 2003                                     ...[Read More]

BY ANNE E.CUNNINGHAM AND KEITH E. STANOVICH Submitted by Ann Aguirre, Literacy Coordinator Cunningham and Stanovich really have our Generation 1.5 kids pegged. Eighty percent of our kids don't speak English for a large percentage of time, whic ...[Read More]

CONDENSATION of Hirsch, E.D., Jr., American Educator, Spring, 2000, 5 pages. Edited and submitted by Ann Aguirre, Literacy Coordinator "The progressive theory that students should gain knowledge through…projects instead of by taking courses ...[Read More]

Submitted by Ann Aguirre, Literacy Coordinator Report from School Renaissance Institute November 1997 Introduction As researchers discover more about how we think and learn, the long-standing idea of critical thinking as a series of discret ...[Read More]