Bilingual/ESL/Multicultural
Education Resources (Outside Source)
Research, teaching methods, model programs, Web sites, and full
text resources and articles.
California
Association for Bilingual Education (Outside Source)
Organization that addresses the education of linguistically and
culturally diverse students in California.
California
Foreign Language Project (Outside Source)
Professional development for language teachers to improve and
expand language programs in California.
California
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Outside
Source)
Organization that promotes excellence in education for English
learners and a high-quality professional environment for their
teachers.
California
Tomorrow (Outside Source)
Materials about the benefits of diversity and approaches needed
to create and ensure equity on the basis of race, culture, and
language.
Center for Applied
Linguistics (Outside Source)
Variety of topics including bilingual education, immersion education,
immigrant education, foreign language education, testing, and
workplace literacy.
Center for
Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (Outside
Source)
Assistance on language learning, academic achievement, family
and community, and assessment for the nation's diverse students
at risk of educational failure to achieve academic excellence.
Center for the
Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (Outside
Source)
Database for more than 5000 recommended books in Spanish for children
and adolescents.
Comprehensive Assistance Centers (CACs)
Two CACs are located in California to improve access to and exchange
of information and assistance about federal programs and school
reform:
- Northern
California CAC (Outside Source)
WestEd, San Francisco
Education Data (Outside Source)
Information about schools and districts in California based on demographic, academic, and fiscal data.
English
Language Development (ELD) Initiative, California Science Project
(Outside Source)
Resources for the delivery of high quality standards-based science
instruction to English learners.
Ethnologue
(Outside Source)
Resources for researching the world's languages.
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence (Outside Source)
Guidance for teaching and learning compiled by more than 35 federal
agencies.
James
Crawford's Language Policy Web Site and Emporium (Outside
Source)
Information about the English-only movement, bilingual education,
endangered languages, pending legislation, language policy, and
language rights in the U.S.
The
Map of Standards for English Learners, Grades, K-5 (Outside Source)
Side-by-side presentation of California's English language development
standards and English-language arts standards.
The Map of Standards for English Learners, Grades, 6-12 (Outside Source)
Side-by-side presentation of California's English language development standards and English-language arts standards.
National Association
for Bilingual Education (Outside Source)
Organization concerned with the education of language-minority
students and the promotion of educational excellence and equity
through bilingual education.
National
Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (Outside Source)
Information on materials, programs, research, and other resources
to help language-minority students.
Office
of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic
Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)
(Outside Source)
Office in the U.S. Department of Education responsible for the
administration of Title III, NCLB.
Southeast Asian
Community Resource Center (Outside Source)
Services for educators of immigrant students and their families.
UCLA Language
Materials Project (Outside Source)
Resources for less commonly taught languages of the world.
UC Linguistic
Minority Research Institute (Outside Source)
Project by the campuses of the University of California focusing
on research and evaluation.
