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TitleIllinois State Board of Education Web Site Offers Resources for Parents & Educators
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The following are some of the resources that can be found on the Illinois Web
site:
* A Guide to Your Children's Schools: A Parent Handbook
This guide to schools in Illinois and the United States for newcomer parents
can be downloaded in the following languages:
+ English (http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/parentguide.pdf)
+ Arabic (http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/PGuideArabic.pdf)
+ Bosnian (http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/PGuideBosnian.pdf)
+ Russian (http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/PGuideRussian.pdf)
+ Vietnamese (http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/PGuideVietn.pdf)
+ Spanish (http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/ParentbookSp.pdf)
* Bilingual Spanish Special Education Video for Parents
* CLAS: Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services - Early Childhood
Research Institute
* Connections to Success – Bilingual Special Education Resources
* Deaf Aztlan - Hispanic Website

The Web site also contains reports, such as the following:
* Involving Immigrant and Refugee Families in Their Children's School's:
Barriers, Challenges, and Successful Strategies
* Challenges Facing High Immigrant Serving Secondary Schools in the
Context of Standards Based School Reform Prepared by Michael Fix and
Jorge Ruiz de Velasco, The Urban Institute
* A Chance to Earn, A Chance to Learn: Linking Employment and English
Training for Immigrants and Refugees New to English Prepared by Heide
Spruck Wrigley, Aguirre International and Julie Strawn, Center for Law and
Social Policy

To view this Web site, visit:
http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/refugee_services.htm
Or
http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/Resources1.htm

OELA Newsline. OELA Newsline - September 21, 2004. OELA Newsline.
newsline@gwu.edu (21 Sep. 2004).
SourceOELA Newsline - 9/21/04 edition
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