California District Will Hold Teacher Training On Explaining Math To English Learners

District California's Mercury News (8/26, McCord) reports that California's Santa Cruz City Schools has hired a consulting firm to help "teachers better explain math to English learners." Under an agreement with the education firm WestEd, the district will pay $8,000 on "four workshops for middle and high school teachers to offer advice and skills to teach mathematical reasoning and conceptual development to non-English speakers." The workshops will be paid for using Title II funds designated for teacher training. "The days the teachers take off for the workshops will be paid with Title III English learners funding."