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From: "NCELA Newsline"

Read this online at:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline

OELA NEWSLINE - September 2, 2003

Items in this issue:

I. No Child Left Behind Update

- New Radio Campaign to Close the Achievement Gap

II. News in the Nation

- Parents Raise Bilingual Children in Greater Numbers

III. Research, Publications, and Resources

- Article Advises Against Teaching to the Test
- Hispanic Youth Dropping Out of U.S. Schools: Measuring the Challenge
Report
- New Book Addresses "Large-Scale Assessment of English Language
Learners"
- RAND Study "Assimilation Across the Latino Generations" Published
- Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Educational Research
- Table Describes ELL Growth from 1991/92 to 2001/02

IV. Education Conferences

- Hispanic Achievement Conference
- North Carolina Migrant Education Conference
- North/South Carolina TESOL Fall Conference
- 27th Annual Statewide Conference for Teachers of Linguistically and
Culturally Diverse Students

V. Education Opportunities

- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Program
- Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program
- International Research and Studies Program
- Starbucks' Grants to Community Organizations
- Upward Bound Program Participant Expansion Initiative

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