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Claude Goldenberg, a native of Argentina, is Professor of Education at Stanford University. He received his AB from Princeton University and PhD from UCLA¿s Graduate School of Education. Goldenberg has taught junior high school in San Antonio, TX, and first grade in a bilingual elementary school in the Lennox School District near Los Angeles. Goldenberg was a National Academy of Education Spencer Fellow and a recipient (with Ronald Gallimore) of the Albert J. Harris Award from the International Reading Association. He was on the Committee for the Prevention of Early Reading Difficulties in Young Children (National Research Council) and the National Literacy Panel (NIH and U.S. Department of Education), which synthesized research on literacy development among language-minority children and youth. He is author of Successful School Change: Creating Settings to Improve Teaching and Learning (Teachers College, 2004). His research focuses on improving achievement for language minority students, particularly those from Latino backgrounds.

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Why This Book?
2. The Role of the Home Language
3. Literacy Instruction in a Second Language
4. Promoting English Oral Language Development
5. Academic Instruction in a Second Language
6. School and District Role: Focus and Coherence
7. Social, Cultural, and Family Influences
8. The Research Goes to School
9. Conclusion: What¿s Next?
Glossary
Index