Current teaching philosophies, at least in California, are aimed at fulfillng the precepts of a curriculum based on Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE). Arguably the qualities of a SDAIE curriculum are as effective if not more so for all 'regular' classroom.

Some critical ideas in today's education evironment include:

• scaffolding
• graphic organizers
• standardized testing

see also instructional theory, Instructional Design