- Electronic Textbook: Bilingual Education - http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/bilingual.html
Information on BE policy, regulations, definitions of bilingual programs, and professional programs.
- National Council for Languages and International Studies - http://www.languagepolicy.org
This site provides a look at the work of the NCLIS and the Joint National Committee for Languages. The member organizations of NCLIS-JNCL are united in their belief that all Americans must have the opportunity to learn and use English and at least one other language.
- Mercator-Education - http://www.mercator-education.org/
European network for information, documentation and research into regional or minority languages in education.
- Bilingual Education Report - http://mwhodges.home.att.net/bilingual-education.htm
A review of biliingual education, its shortcomings and status.
- NYTimes.com - Wave of Pupils Lacking English Strains Schools - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/education/05ESL.html
Students who do not speak English well or at all are increasingly enrolling in smaller, rural American school districts with little or no experience or resources to teach them. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]
- NYSBEN - http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/nysben.html
Information and resources for educators on New York State regulations, policies, guidelines, and effective practices for educating students with limited English proficiency.
- History of Bilingual Education - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/12_03/langhst.shtml
Article from the journal Rethinking Schools describing bilingual or non-English-language schools in U.S. history, starting with Ohio's adoption of a bilingual education law in 1839.
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