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.]
Ten Common Fallacies about Bilingual Education - http://www.kidsource.com/education/ten.fallacy.biling.ed.html Discusses commonly held misconceptions about bilingual education in the United States.
Bilingual Education Report - http://home.att.net/~mwhodges/bilingual-education.htm A review of biliingual education, its shortcomings and status.
Bilingual Education (Ohio University CALL) - http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/index.html Links to definitions of common terms and sites for and against bilingual education.
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.
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.
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