Major/Subject Area |
Primary |
Secondary |
Bilingual Education |
A research article studying differences in fluency for English-dominant and Spanish-dominant students in a third-grade classroom in Florida |
A magazine article about the economic benefits of bilingual immersion for English-dominant students. |
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Taub, Gordon E., Sivo, Stephen A., & Puyana, Olivia E. (2017). Group Differences between English and Spanish Speakers' Reading Fluency Growth in Bilingual Immersion Education. School Psychology Forum, 11(2), 45-51. |
Anderson, M. D. (2015, November 10). The Economic Imperative of Bilingual Education. Retrieved January 10, 2018, from https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/11/bilingual-education-movement-mainstream/414912/ |
Early Childhood/Elementary Education |
A quantitative study about the effects of lengthening the school day on student achievement. |
News article about schools lengthening the school day to improve student achievement. |
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Cabrera-Hernandez, Francisco. (2015). Does lengthening the school day increase students’ academic achievement? Evidence from a natural experiment. 116. |
“Seven Connecticut Schools to Extend Teaching Day.” The Connecticut Mirror, December 3, 2012. |
Information and Library Science |
Scholarly article based on a survey of public libraries. |
Newspaper article about how people use libraries in a recession. |
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Taylor, Natalie, et al. “Public Libraries in the New Economy: Twenty-First-Century Skills, the Internet, and Community Needs.” Public Library Quarterly 31 (2012): 191-219. |
“Folks Are Flocking to the Library, a Cozy Place to Look for a Job.” Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2009. |
Special Education
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A scholarly article about autism and inclusion. |
A newspaper article about teens with autism in high schools. |
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Sansoti, Jenine and Frank Sansoti. “Inclusion for Students with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders: Definitions and Decision Making.” Psychology in the Schools 49 (2012): 917-931. |
Winerip, Michael. “A School District that Takes the Isolation Out of Autism.” New York Times, August 1, 2012. |