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Resources for Members working with Families who speak Spanish
COMPREHENSIVE CENTERS
Region VI Comprehensive Center (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Wisconsin)
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/ccvi/
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html?src=mr
Major issues are identified on this website that affect the education of English
language learners as well as assist and support State and local reform efforts
that emphasize higher academic standards, school accountability, professional
training, and parent involvement.
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
http://www.yesican.gov
The President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic
Americans seeks to strengthen the nation’s capacity to provide higher quality
education while increasing opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
PARENT INFORMATION & RESOURCE CENTERS
Center for Effective Parenting
http://www.parenting-ed.org
Information provided in Spanish.
The Family Works
http://www.familyworks.org
Greater Washington Urban League
http://www.gwul.org
Indiana Center for Family, School, and Community Partnerships
http://www.fscp.org
Information provided in Spanish.
Keys for Networking, Inc.
http://www.keys.org
Parent Partners
http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org
Parental Training Resource Assistance Center
http://www.adpartnership.org
Prevent Child Abuse
http://www.preventchildabuse.org
REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORIES
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning
http://www.mcrel.org
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
http://www.ncrel.org
RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE)
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/
The mission of this organization is to aid in improving the education of
students faced with language and cultural barriers, race, poverty, and
geographical location.
Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
http://www.csusm.edu/campus_centers/csb/
Promotes literacy in English and Spanish. The mission is to inform current and
future decision-makers about books centered on Latino people and culture.
Information is also available in Spanish.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
http://www.chci.org
Julian Samora Research Institute
http://jsri.msu.edu
The objective of the Julian Samora Research Institute provides information to
better serve the needs of Latino communities in the midwest.
National Institute for Literacy
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/k-3.html
This resource provides research findings on reading to educational communities,
families, as well as others who have an interest in helping others read.
Information is also provided in Spanish.
National Latino Research Center
http://www.csusm.edu/nlrc
USC Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research
http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
http://www.hsf.net
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
http://www.lulac.org
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
http://www.maldef.org
National Association for Bilingual Education
http://www.nabe.org
National Council of La Raza
http://www.nclr.org
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
http://www.tesol.org
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