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OPINION: MIDDLE SCHOOLS SHOULD CONTINUE IMMERSION

Language-immersion programs should serve students at least through the eighth grade to ensure young learners maintain fluency and enjoy the benefits of language learning, writes Camilla Modesitt, development director at Denver Language School in Colorado. In this blog post, she explains why language learning takes on a different purpose during the middle-school years.

Education Week 

AUTHENTIC BLOGGING PROJECT GIVES STUDENTS A VOICE

Students need an authentic topic -- such as civics or politics -- and an audience with which to engage to have a successful class blogging experience, educator Nina Portugal writes in this blog post. Portugal shares how she uses Youth Voices, the National Writing Project's social network platform, with her class and offers tips about the blogging process.

Teaching Channel

HOW RAMADAN AFFECTS MUSLIM STUDENTS IN SCHOOL

The observance of the holy month of Ramadan -- when many Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset -- started at sundown May 15. Rusul Alrubail, executive director of The Writing Project, offers tips for how schools and educators can support and understand Muslim students who are fasting.

PBS/NewsHour