Treasure Valley Family Magazine

March 2010 Issue Publisher's Thoughts
Bits & Pieces
Book Nook
Creating Body Sense
2010 School Guide
How Much TV Do
Your Kids Watch?

English Language Learners Enrich Our Community
By Judy Ware, Ph.D.

We live in a community where families from different countries and cultures are settling into new, more hopeful lives. Children who don’t speak English are benefiting from the Boise School District’s English Language Learners (ELL) mission: to educate each linguistically and culturally diverse student with the academic and social skills needed to succeed based on high standards for English literacy in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. READ MORE...

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