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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#039;Arial&#039;,&#039;sans-serif&#039;; color: black; font-size: 10pt&quot;&gt;The Washington State Association for Multicultural Education is offering a several workshops in 2010.  &lt;span class=&#039;read-more&#039;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cstp-wa.org/multicultural-education-workshops-offered&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Read&amp;nbsp;more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;This report examines the assistance and support classroom teachers receive to work effectively with linguistically diverse students. &lt;span class=&#039;read-more&#039;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cstp-wa.org/resource/research-report-building-systems-support-classroom-teachers-working-second-language-learner&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Read&amp;nbsp;more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;National Board Certified teacher leaders tell stories of how policy decisions impact learning and teaching in their classrooms in order to spark constructive dialogue across the education community. &lt;span class=&#039;read-more&#039;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cstp-wa.org/stories-school-practice-meets-policy-returns-read-blog-written-nbct-teacher-leaders&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Read&amp;nbsp;more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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