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From: "NCELA Newsline"

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

OELA NEWSLINE - September 16, 2003

Items in this issue:

I. No Child Left Behind Update

- Nation's Schools to Receive More Than $12 Million to Enhance
Libraries, Improve
Reading Achievement
- Reminder: OELA Summit II
- The Achiever - September 1, 2003 Issue
- TV Show, Webcast to Highlight Ways No Child Left Behind Empowers
Parents

II. News in the Nation

- Funding Opportunities from the U.S. Department of Education
- Maine Receives $2.6 Million in Reading Grant Funds
- New Cultural Courses Preserve Hmong Culture and Language

III. Research, Publications, and Resources

- Culturally-Responsive and Evidence-Based Strategies for NCLB
- Developing Second Language Programs Guide
- Heritage Language Journal Online
- Journal of Current Research and Practices in Language Minority
Education
- Literacy Resource Guide for Families and Educators
- Reading Rockets Launches First Major Spanish Language Web Site for
Parents to Help Children Learn to Read

IV. Education Conferences

- Maryland TESOL Conference
- VATESOL 2003 Conference
- 25th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum

V. Education Opportunities

- DisneyHand Teacher Awards
- Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs--Distance Education
Demonstration Program
- "Prizes for Excellence in International Education"
- Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program

VI. Job Opportunities

- TX: Sam Houston State University
- PA: Office of Language, Culture and the Arts

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