Bilingual Education

Bilingual Education (Ohio University CALL)
Links to definitions of common terms and sites for and against bilingual education.
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/index.html

Bilingual Education Report
A review of biliingual education, its shortcomings and status.
http://home.att.net/~mwhodges/bilingual-education.htm

Electronic Textbook: Bilingual Education
Information on BE policy, regulations, definitions of bilingual programs, and professional programs.
http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/bilingual.html

Mercator-Education
European network for information, documentation and research into regional or minority languages in education.
http://www.mercator-education.org/

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.
http://www.languagepolicy.org

Ten Common Fallacies about Bilingual Education
Discusses commonly held misconceptions about bilingual education in the United States.
http://www.kidsource.com/education/ten.fallacy.biling.ed.html

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.] <small>(August 5, 2002)</small>
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/05/education/05ESL.html

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. <small>(April, 1998)</small>
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/12_03/langhst.shtml