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Parental
Rights Website
On April 7, 2004, Secretary Paige, OELA's Deputy Under Secretary Maria Hernandez
Ferrier and others shared a special "Kick Off" presentation of information
designed to assist parents and educators to better understand and work with
parental rights and opportunities under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The
Kick Off event included a special media presentation outlining Parental Rights,
including printable copies of the rights available in both English and Spanish.
Other languages will be available in the future. You can access the presentation
at:
www.ed.gov/rights
English version
www.ed.gov/derechos Spanish
version
John S. Ovard, Ed.D.
Director, Division of Innovation and Improvement
USDE, Office of English Language Acquisition,
Language Enhancement & Academic Achievement
for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)
550 12th Street, S.W. Rm 10108, Washington, DC 20004
Tel: 202-245-7150 Fax: 202-245-7163
E-mail: john.ovard@ed.gov
From EDUCATION WEEK, Feb. 4, 2004,
page 10
"Study Gives Advantage to Bilingual Education Over Focus on English" by Mary Ann
Zehr
Bilingual approaches are more effective than English-only methods in teaching
children who speak other languages to reading English, concludes a review of 30
years of studies on programs for English-language learners.The 69-page
"Effective Reading Programs for English Language Learners" A Best-Evidence
Synthesis" can be downloaded at
www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/techReports/Report66.pdf
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
- Promoting educational
excellence and equity through bilingual education, the National Association for
Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively
concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.
Office of Bilingual
Education and Minority Language Affairs at the US Department of Education:
The National Clearinghouse for English
Acquisition (and Language Instruction Educational Programs) -
NCELA, the National Clearinghouse for English
Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (formerly
NCBE, the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education) is funded by the
U.S. Department of Education's Office
of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement & Academic Achievement for
Limited English Proficient Students (OELA,
formerly OBEMLA) to collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to
the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the
U.S.
Center for Applied Linguistics - CAL
is a private, non-profit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use
the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing
language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including
research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design
and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference
planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.
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