Sites for Teaching About the Current Financial Crisis?
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Sites for Teaching About the Current Financial Crisis?

By Mary Ann Zehr — September 23, 2008 1 min read
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I’ve got to hand it to Larry Ferlazzo, a social studies and English teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, who is seeking Web resources so that he can effectively explain the current financial crisis to his English-language learners. He can’t find sites accessible to ELLs, but he’s determined to educate himself and make sure his students aren’t left out of the loop in learning about economic issues.

That’s a good attitude for a teacher--not to leave ELLs out of the loop.

Mary Ann Zehr
Mary Ann Zehr was an assistant editor for Education Week. Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She is the author of the blog Learning the Language.

A version of this news article first appeared in the Learning the Language blog.