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Direct linkNagy, William; Townsend, Dianna – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
There is a growing awareness of the importance of academic vocabulary, and more generally, of academic language proficiency, for students' success in school. There is also a growing body of research on the nature of the demands that academic language places on readers and writers, and on interventions to help students meet these demands. In this…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, English for Academic Purposes, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language
Doubek, Michael Brandon; Cooper, Eric J. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2007
This article describes the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), a nonprofit advocacy organization that engages with school communities through professional development to build relationships with educators, students, parents, and community stakeholders. NUA consultants are former and current university professors, former…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Reading Research, Evaluation, Professional Development
Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
On December 3, 2004, President Bush signed into law the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004). The revised law is different from the previous version in at least one important respect. Whereas practitioners were previously encouraged to use IQ-achievement discrepancy to identify children with learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Intelligence Quotient, Legislation
