Omnibus list of all the Teacher Resources and Online Research links
from the various issues of In the STARlight.

Issue 1: "A Framework for Promoting Sustained Reading Development Among English Learners"

Alice Weinrib’s Second Language Education web site
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~aweinrib/sle/

International High School in New York
http://www.ed.gov/inits/teachers/97-98/4.html

Dual Language Showcase: Thornwood School
http://thornwood.peelschools.org/Dual/about.htm

Issue 2: "Tongue-Tied: The Lives of Multilingual Children in Public Education"

Learning English
http://www.educationnext.org/2003/58.html
By Joseph M. Guzman, January, 2001, Education Next. A discussion of several programs available for language minority students.

Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/
A research-based website on language-related issues.

Teaching About Native American Issues
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/teach/native.htm
Teacher's Corner. Tips on how to teach about Native Americans more effectively.

Understanding Prejudice
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/
A searchable database with hundreds of prejudice researchers and social justice organizations.

The Hmong Center-Multicultural Resources, Adult Basic Education, Cultural Education
http://www.hmongcenter.org/
Unique multicultural education site devoted to teaching about the Hmong experience.

Issue 3: "Bilingualism and Young Children"

Virtual Pre-K
https://www.virtualpre-k.org/
Contains ideas for teachers and parents in English and Spanish that cover important concepts for pre-schoolers and help build early literacy, math, social studies, and science skills. Video lessons can be previewed on-line.

Colorín Colorado
http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/
Information, and resources for Pre K -3 teachers and Spanish-speaking parents.

Reading Rockets
http://readingrockets.learningstore.org/products/RR1064.html
Site offers a wealth of strategies, lessons and activities to help young children learn how to read. Available through the site is, Becoming Bilingual, a PBS video.

Pre-School English Learners: Principles and Practices to Promote Language, Literacy and Learning
http://www.edgateway.net/pub/docs/pel/resources.html
The entire site is dedicated to pre-school English Learners. It provides an extensive bibliography containing links to research available on-line related to several aspects of bilingualism and young children. It also contains links to professional organizations and other resources that promote language, literacy and learning for early bilingual readers. Some teacher training materials are also available in pdf format.

National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
http://www.cal.org/projects/natlitpanel.html
This study examines critical factors that influence the development of English-language literacy (reading and writing) among Spanish-speaking children. The research addresses: How do children, whose first language is Spanish, learn to read and write in English? Why do some Spanish-speaking children have difficulties acquiring English-language reading and writing skills? What teacher knowledge, teaching skills, and instructional strategies are required to ensure optimal outcomes?

Dual Language Abilities of Bilingual Four-Year Olds: Initial Findings from the Early Childhood Study of Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-speaking Children
http://www.uc.edu/njrp/pdfs/Tabors.pdf
The study describes language and literacy skills in Spanish and English for four-year olds entering Pre-K programs. A comparison group consisted of monolingual Spanish-speaking children.

Issue 4: "Dual Language Education"

California Department of Education -- California State Directory
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/ip/
Resources, on-line links, Q&A.

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
http://www.cal.org/twi/index.html
Nationwide directory, implementation & assessment toolkits, Q&A, list of publications, Guiding Principles for Dual Language Programs.

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
http://www.carla.umn.edu/index.html
Variety of resources on immersion, foreign language, and dual language programs.

California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
http://www.bilingualeducation.org/
Variety of resources on bilingual education and dual language education.

2-Way CABE
http://www.bilingualeducation.org/2waycabe/
Resources and professional development opportunities for dual language.

Dual Language Education of New Mexico
http://www.duallanguagenm.org/
Resources on program development, implementation and improvement, professional development and other resources.

Kathryn Lindholm-Leary's website
http://www.lindholm-leary.com/
Resources, research & best practices, publications, copies of presentation on dual language education and bilingual education.

Issue 5: "The Development of Literacy in Second-Language Learners"

Center for Applied Linguistics website
http://www.cal.org/

Issue 6: "Expediting Language, Literacy and Learning for Adolescent ELLs"

Center for Applied Linguistics website
http://www.cal.org/

Margarita Calderón
http://www.margaritacalderon.org/