A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Team Reports--September 1998

Arizona

Team Report

How Arizona is implementing the research findings in the National Research Council Report, "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children."

Information unavailable at time of printing.

An Arizona Success Story

In the attached news article from the Arizona Republic, Hugh E. Laird Elementary School is noted as a "melting pot of cultures..." In a school that is about 64 percent minority, acclimating these students to the English language has been a real challenge. They meet the challenge and try to make learning fun and adventurous.

For further information, contact:

Lucy Urias, Director
Language Acquisition Services
Hugh E. Laird Elementary School, Tempe School District
(602) 730-7219

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