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Burger, Don; Mauricio, Rodrigo; Ryan, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2007
Using various approaches to identify English language learners, several Pacific Region jurisdictions are developing English language proficiency standards and assessments aligned with those standards. Others are working on content standards, including language arts, and have expressed interest in developing English language proficiency standards…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Laboratories
Artero, Margaret T. – 1998
The National Institute of Mental Health reported in 1998 that suicide in the United States is the third leading cause of death among young people, and that they are the only age group whose mortality rate has increased due to suicide during the last 20 years. The United States Territory of Guam has also experienced an increase in adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crisis Intervention, Cultural Relevance, Curriculum Development
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Heine, Hilda C.; Emesiochl, Masa Akii – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2007
The provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 for teacher quality direct that all students in U.S. public schools be taught by highly qualified teachers. Although the Pacific Region entities are trying to meet this teacher-quality mandate, most are still far from fulfilling the minimum education requirements for their teachers. By…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Teacher Retirement, State Departments of Education