Bilingual Education

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Bilingual Education (Ohio University CALL) - Links to definitions of common terms and sites for and against bilingual education.

Bilingual Education Report - A review of biliingual education, its shortcomings and status.

Electronic Textbook: Bilingual Education - Information on BE policy, regulations, definitions of bilingual programs, and professional programs.

Mercator-Education - European network for information, documentation and research into regional or minority languages in education.

National Council for Languages and International Studies - 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.

Ten Common Fallacies about Bilingual Education - Discusses commonly held misconceptions about bilingual education in the United States.

NYTimes.com - Wave of Pupils Lacking English Strains Schools - 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.] (August 5, 2002)

History of Bilingual Education - 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. (April, 1998)