B.+Language+Rights+&+Policies

Language Rights and Policies

The State of Languages in the US: a statistical portrait (2016) http://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/publications/researchpapersmonographs/State-of-Languages-in-US.pdf

America’s Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017 http://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/publications/researchpapersmonographs/language/Commission-on-Language-Learning_Americas-Languages.pdf

Banned books Oklahoma Policy (2015) http://bannedbooks.world.edu/tag/education/

Teachers learn to be dreamer allies https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-teachers-are-training-themselves-to-be-dreamer-allies

Trump the wall and Spanish (NY Times, 2017) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/opinion/trump-the-wall-and-the-spanish-language.html?_r=1&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Opinion&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article

Safe spaces fact sheet for immigrant families http://www.colorincolorado.org/sites/default/files/safe-spaces-fact-sheet.pdf

DOE support for #|immigrants and families http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/city_schools_chancellor_carmen_1.html

Indigenous immigrants in NYC face language barriers https://voicesofny.org/2015/08/indigenous-immigrants-in-nyc-face-language-barriers/

Multilingual #|Education for social justice (Jim Cummins 3 part video series) Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2cJa92vg8 Psycholinguistic Principles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjABYSrRGu8 Pedagogy for Empowerment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJajycotf5M

Proper registration of ELLs (get the name right) http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=4533

ELLs less Cachet than Pre-K http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/why-doesn-t-english-language-learning-have-the-same-cachet-as-pre-k

2005 Kansas City Suspends student for speaking spanish http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/08/AR2005120802122.html

Rumbaut Rights of Migrants and Minorities https://www.academia.edu/13756580/Rights_of_Migrants_and_Minorities?auto=view&campaign=weekly_digest

CA will #|vote to overturn Unz in 2016 http://edsource.org/2015/report-calls-for-big-changes-in-educating-states-english-learners/89369 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/us/californians-having-curbed-bilingual-education-may-now-expand-it.html?emc=edit_th_20161018&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=67924759&_r=0

Moving toward a more common definition of EL policies and practices http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/Moving%20Toward%20a%20More%20Common%20Definition%20of%20English%20Learner-Final%280%29.pdf

Civil rights advocates for more EDU funding and no standardized tests http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/01/04/civil-rights-groups-to-obama-increase-federal-education-funding-but-drop-standardized-testing-for-minority/

UFT Testimony on the need for more ELL teacher hires and policy changes http://www.uft.org/testimony/testimony-regarding-ensuring-english-language-learners-receive-appropriate-educational-ser

English-only does not equal Official English (thanks Craig!) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/18/when-and-why-do-u-s-states-make-english-their-official-language/

Engilsh only and the CCSS http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/30_01/30-1_bale.shtml

Teaching about deportation (in Eng & Sp) http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/30_01/30-1_osorio.shtml http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/30_01/30-1_osorio_esp.shtml

Civil rights project-narrowing the achievement gap for ELLs http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/language-minority-students/seizing-the-opportunity-to-narrow-the-achievement-gap-for-english-learners-research-based-recommendations-for-the-use-of-lcff-funds-1

Immersion School Choice in LA http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=856773

ELL advocates short papers http://www.elladvocates.org/issuebriefs.html

Immigrant students' rights to attend school http://www.idra.org/images/stories/School_Opening_Alert_2013.pdf

NYSUT supports registering unaccompanied minors http://www.nysut.org/news/2014/october/nysut-supports-efforts-to-help-register-unaccompanied-minors

NY unaccompaniedhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2014/12/ny_knocks_down_enrollment_barr.html?r=152766079&utm_source=feedblitz TX principal lose job for banning Spanish http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Principal-who-told-kids-not-to-speak-Spanish-will-5327528.php

NY Dynamic Bilingualism Policy Recommendations (2013) http://www.thenyic.org/sites/default/files/NYIC-INPS%20Governor's%20Commision%20Policy%20Brief%20FINAL%2012%206%2013.pdf

NYS policies for ELLs http://www.nysieb.ws.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/05/CUNY-NYSIEB-Report-NY-State-Policies-to-NYSED-04-30-2014-Final.pdf

Policy on Dual language early childhood students http://cecerdll.fpg.unc.edu/news/cecer-dll-policy-forum http://cecerdll.fpg.unc.edu/sites/cecerdll.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/%232961_ResearchInformPolicyPaper.pdf

Does US need a language policy (Spolsky CAL) http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/does-the-us-needs-a-language-policy.html

Dream Act passed in NY State http://edsource.org/today/wp-content/uploads/Power-of-Parents-Feb-2014.pdf?utm_source=Parent-power+release+email+&utm_campaign=Parent+Power+Report+Release&utm_medium=email

Good policy explanation of BE in US http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGK-N9R8cDk

ELL definition and assessment policy (state consortia) http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2013/Toward_a_Common_Definition_2013.pdf

ELLs & CCSS powerpoints http://programs.ccsso.org/projects/ELLCONF/material.php

Problems with CCSS http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/24-10

US DOE announces civil rights review of ELLs in LA http://www2.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2010/03/03102010.html Restrictive policies in Alabama have Latino children vanishing http://news.yahoo.com/hispanic-students-vanish-alabama-schools-184555038.html

NYS registration of undocumented students http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/pps/residency/studentregistrationguidance082610.pdf

NYC Police English only policies http://www.voicesofny.org/2013/06/opinion-nypds-backwards-english-only-policy/

Language Policy (mostly NYC) timeline https://voicesofny.org/2016/02/new-york-city-in-translation/

Unz in AZ -2001 http://www.languagepolicy.net/archives/az-unz.htm

Arizona-English only to deportation http://illinois.edu/db/view/25/27152?count=1&ACTION=DIALOG

Arizona Research from UCLA Civil Rights #|Project http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/language-minority-students

One beat one heart (anti AZ) rap song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaCxTO3Z3vk

Spanish is the cure for learning English http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/education/schooled/article_2e4e4ba2-f366-11df-bb5c-001cc4c002e0.html

American children need bilingual ed http://newamericamedia.org/2010/11/judy-chu-bilingual-education-will-help-american-children.php

Romney on English only http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/16/mitt-romney-flip-flops-on_n_1354474.html

Challenges to ELLs with NCLB http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/policy/cresst_policy7.pdf Jim Cummins demolishes NCLB http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/07/26/362834/-Jim-Cummins-Demolishes-NCLB-rsquo-s-Ideology-and-Practice#

Support #|Bilingual education #|YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQIswadjsjI&NR=1 Good policy explanation of BE in US http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGK-N9R8cDk (NCELA updated) Immigration Law http://www.ailf.org/teach/index.shtml Crawford's new site http://www.languagepolicy.net/ Crawford--10 FAQs on Official English http://www.diversitylearningk12.com/articles/Crawford_Official_English_FAQ.pdf

Language Policies (Crawford) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/langpol.htm Loose ends http://users.rcn.com/crawj/langpol/Crawford_U.S._Language_Rights.pdf

Dream Activity http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/DREAM-Insight-July2010.pdf Language Policies in conflict (Ronald Schmidt) (click on sample chapter) http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1505_reg.html

Plyer vs. Doe still guarantees rights for ELL students http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=795

Language Policy and the paradox of #|bilingual education http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/paradox.htm

Language Rights of ELLs (OCR) http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/qa-ell.html

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/ellresources.html

http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/www.usccr.gov/pubs/fedprog/lang0704.pdf (Chapters 1 & 2)

Language Policy Consortium Lots of #|Resources http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/

ACLU Language Discrimination “know your rights” (in English & Spanish) http://www.aclunc.org/library/publications/asset_upload_file489_3538.pdf http://www.aclunc.org/library/publications/asset_upload_file842_3539.pdf

Language policy, language education, language rights: Indigenous, immigrant, and international perspectives [|http://www.gse.upenn.edu/~hornberg/papers/LanguageinSociety27(4)1998.pdf]

language rights of indigenous peoples (global genocide) http://www.cepn-fnec.com/PDF/etudes_documents/Journal%20of%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20Rights.pdf

Indigenous language speakers obstacles in NYC http://latindispatch.com/2010/11/11/latin-american-indigenous-language-speakers-face-communication-obstacles-in-new-york-city/

Ojibwe language revitalization http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/native-american-language-revitalization-on-red-lake-agenda/ http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/09/racing-to-save-a-native-american-language-62166

Canadian native speakers struggle to maintain their language http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/08/16810941.html#/news/canada/2011/01/08/pf-16810941.html

Linguistic rights website http://www.lingvaj-rajtoj.org/

Prop 227 & ELLs in CA http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/804

Repeal 227 in 2016 http://blog.sfgate.com/education/2014/02/20/socal-legislator-takes-on-previously-untouchable-bilingual-education-ban/

Language tolerance blog by Ana Celia Zentella @http://www.niusileadscape.org/bl/?p=426

Multilingual policies for indigenous peoples (CAL 2010) []

School Worker fired for speaking Spanish to parents http://www.charlotteobserver.com/education/story/1230320.html

The Impact of Language Policy on Endangered Languages http://www.unesco.org/most/vl4n2romaine.pdf

English Amendment http://www.languagepolicy.org/new.html http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/OPINION/605300309/1046

Official English http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/lewell01.html Frequently asked questions on English Only –Crawford 06 http://www.elladvocates.org/documents/englishonly/OfficialEnglishFAQ.pdf

Discrimination suit against English only http://webtools.uiuc.edu/blog/view?blogId=25&topicId=1899&count=1&ACTION=VIEW_TOPIC_DIALOGS&skinId=286 English only requirements in the PGA http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1836266,00.html

Immigrant rights (afl-cio) http://www.aflcio.org/issues/civilrights/immigration/

Anti-immigrant movement & the new nativism http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_new_nativism

Problems with 227 in CA http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2005/jan_feb/ELLOutlookITIArticle4.htm

Report on ELLs in CA 2005 http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_405CJR.pdf

Assembly Bill about ELLs & the Regents http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A06733

Catch 22 for ELLs Wayne Right Ed Leadership Article 2005 http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.c00a836e7622024fb85516f762108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_viewID=article_view&javax.portlet.prp_818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_journalmoid=b7e6e4534ef9e010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.prp_818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_articlemoid=0c37e4534ef9e010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=token&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=token%20

__**Advocates for Children Guides to Legal Rights of**__ __**Immigrant Students & Parents in the NYC Public Schools 2008 (multi-language)**__ ARABIC [[|pdf]] BENGALI [[|pdf]] CHINESE [[|pdf]] CREOLE [[|pdf]] English [[|pdf]] KOREAN [[|pdf]] RUSSIAN [[|pdf]] URDU [[|pdf]] SPANISH [[|pdf]] Language Access Guide [[|pdf]]

Stabalizing Native American Languages (1996) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/rcd/BE020488/Stabilizing_Indigenous_Languages.pdf

Revaluing indigenous languages thru lang #|planning http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/rcd/BE021526/Revaluing_Indigenous_Language.pdf

Language Policy Course Remarks http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/540/polintro/polintro.html

Human Rights violations in PR http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/03/ap/entertainment/main20059559.shtml

Bilingual (Tibetan Mandarin) education in preschool in China's Tibetan Autonomous Region __http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/03/c_13633958.htm__

UNESCO- Educational equity for children from diverse language backgrounds: mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual ed in the early years : summary (#|open pdf)--> http://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8080/handle/1828/2457?show=full

Plurilingualism in UK http://www.cilt.org.uk/pdf/pubs/positively_plurilingual.pdf

Language rights in Soweto BBC podcast (2013) http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/new-roles-for-old-languages-in-south-africa/

Language Rights links (especially indigenous) http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~gasser/FSA/links.html

Mother tongue language policies (MIryam Yataco) http://www.linguistic-rights.org/miryam-yataco/Language_Planning_Miryam_Yataco.pdf More Miryam-language planning in Peru (Spanish) @http://www.linguistic-rights.org/miryam-yataco/Derechos_Linguisticos_Politica_Idiomatica_y_Planificacion_Linguistico_Educativa_en_Peru_Miryam_Yataco_New_York_University.pdf

Arnie & Unz: What about the kids? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-8W05lWFEg&feature=related

ELL issues--statement to Obama http://www.diversitylearningk12.com/articles/Statement_for_Obama_Transition.pdf

Native American Language Discrimination (girl banned from playing basketball for speaking her L1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109000/Native-American-schoolgirl-banned-playing-basketball-speaking-native-language.html?ito=feeds-newsxmlCha