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ERIC Number: EJ629288
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Just Showing Up: Supporting Early Literacy through Teachers' Professional Communities.
Ladson-Billings, Gloria; Gomez, Mary Louise
Phi Delta Kappan, v82 n9 p675-80 May 2001
A project conducted by two university instructors and a group of Madison-area primary teachers attempted to improve at-risk students' early literacy capabilities. The Teachers Helping Teachers project helped participating teachers create their own small professional-development communities, emphasize children's strengths, and improve instruction. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Instructional Improvement, Literacy Education, Primary Education, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Response, Working Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Professional Community; Wisconsin (Madison)