General and Keynote Session Presentations

CREATE Science: Developing Science Knowledge and Academic Language in Middle Grade ELLs
Diane August & Annie Duguay, Center for Applied Linguistics

Welcome and Overview
David Francis, Director, CREATE

The Legacy of Lau in Contemporary Perspective
Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University

English Learners and the Staircase of Text Complexity
Elfrieda Hiebert, University of California, Santa Cruz

Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can be Done About It
Russell Rumberger, University of California, Santa Barbara

Using the SIOP Model as a Schoolwide Professional Development Framework
Deborah Short & Jennifer Himmel, Center for Applied Linguistics

Using Word Generation in Classes With ELLs: Does Discussion Really Work?
Catherine Snow & Claire White, Harvard University

CREATE Social Studies: Developing Social Studies Knowledge and Academic Language in Middle
Grade ELLs
Sharon Vaughn & Colleen Reutebuch, University of Texas at Austin