Conference to focus on ELL in middle school

CREATE, The Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners, is a research center designed to address challenges in the education of English-language learners (ELLs) in the middle grades (4–8). The Center will hold its first conference October 1–2, 2007, at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago–Oak Brook, Chicago, Illinois. The conference title is “Academic Language and Content: A Focus on English Language Learners in Middle School.”

Featured speakers include Diane August, Alison Bailey, Jana Echevarria, Doug Fisher, David J. Francis, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Michael P. Klentschy, Okhee Lee, Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Mary Schleppegrell, Deborah Short, Catherine Snow, Guadalupe Valdes, Sharon Vaughn, and Aida Walqui.

For information, visit the CREATE website.