Title Language diversity, school learning, and closing achievement gaps : a workshop summary / Melissa Welch-Ross, rapporteur ; Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (x, 105 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96).
Summary	Summary of the discussion at a workshop held at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, Calif., Oct. 15-16, 2009.
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. Vocabulary and beyond : Developing language for school achievement -- 3. Supporting preschool language for school learning -- 4. Learning across languages : Second-language learners and dialect speakers -- 5. Language differences -- 6. Reflections on research and practice.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Affective education -- Congresses.
	Affective education.
	Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.
	Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
	Communication in education -- Congresses.
	Communication in education.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Welch-Ross, Melissa K.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Center for Education.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Other Form:	Print version: Language diversity, school learning, and closing achievement gaps. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010 9780309153867 (OCoLC)655759741
ISBN	9780309153874 (electronic book)
	0309153875 (electronic book)
	1282787489
	9781282787483
	0309153867 (paperback)
	9780309153867 (paperback)
Standard No.	9786612787485

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