http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/ Mary Ann Zehr is an assistant editor at Education Week. She has written about the schooling of English-language learners for more than seven years and understands through her own experience of studying Spanish that it takes a long time to learn another language well. Her blog will tackle difficult policy questions, explore learning innovations, and share stories about different cultural groups on her beat. en Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:22:23 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/LearningTheLanguage?format=skin678742http://www.feedburner.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LearningTheLanguage/~3/332086144/blog_takes_another_summer_brea.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2008/07/blog_takes_another_summer_brea.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:22:23 -0500 This time, I'm headed for the Adirondack Mountains. 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