Azusa Unified School District's Billingual Services Department
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Now on to Dr. Stephen Krashen's Editorial / Opinion Pages 1. Subject: Bilingual Education and English - Dr. Krashen responds to an article written in Teacher Magazine.
2. Subject: "Is the Mayor Aware of ..." - Editorial sent by Dr. Krashen to the New York Post
3. Subject: Grammar Study - Dr. Krashen's editorial to the Washington Post.
4. Subject: Reading Wars in the CSM - Dr. Krashen responds to letters published in the Christian Science Monitor.
5. Subject: Misinformation From New York - Dr. Krashen responds to an article "The Bilingual Ghetto" published in the New York Post.
6. Subject: Washington Post - Dr. Krashen's reactions to the Washington Post article on sentence diagramming.
7. Subject: Books Not Phonics - Dr. Krashen's letter to the New York Times explaining California's low reading scores on the NAEP Reading Test.
8. Subject: "Whole Language and The Great Plummet of 1987 - 92: An Urban Legend from California" - Dr. Krashen's short paper published in the Phi Delta Kappan.
9. Subject: Phonics Not Solution - A letter by Dr. Krashen to the Orlando Sentinel discussing phonics as the solution to a non existent reading crisis.
10. Subject: Books Not Phonics - Letter to the New York Times explaining California's low reading test scores.
11. Subject: Whole Language: Exchange in Ed Week - Dr. Krashen responds to the claim that whole language lacks scientific support.
12. Subject: Clarifying Krashen's role - Dr. Krashen responds to the Washington Post's article linking him with those who question the connection between McGraw Hill and the Bush administration. He explains that his focus has been on the research.
13. Subject: Inaccurate and incomplete - Dr. Krashen explains in this paper, the difference between the "Whole Word" approach and the "Whole Language" approach. He also discusses the importance of meaningful reading for children.
14. Subject: Published in Ed Week - Citing current research, Dr. Krashen explains that those who read more read better, write better, have larger vocabularies, and have more control over complex grammatical constructions.
Don't miss the following article!
15. Subject: Proposition 227 and Skyrocketing Test Scores: An Urban Legend From California - In this article, Dr. Krashen explains the idea of Urban Legends, discusses bogus means of increasing test scores, and provides information explaining test score data from the Oceanside School District. Dr. Krashen provides the reader with many of the arguments needed to combat the urban legend about what happened after Proposition 227 in California. He also provides many referrences to the research supporting the use of primary language. Don't miss it!
16. Washington Post and Accelerated Reader - Spend money on books, not programs - Dr. Krashen cites the lack of scientific research supporting reward programs for reading.
17. Defending Bilingual Education - Dr. Krashen responds to Jerry Jesness' description of Bilingual Education in " A Linguistic Proposal".
