Read the transcript of the online chat, "How to Respond to English-Only Initiatives", with Jim Crawford, author and bilingual education advocate. This chat took place on Tuesday, April 21st from 5 to 6 p.m. PST and was sponsored by the Center for Applied Linguistics. You can join a one-week (until April 28th) listserv discussion with Jim Crawford on this topic. To join, send e-mail to join-english@caltalk.cal.org. Or you can just read the archived messages.
The Anti-Bilingual Initiative - Does the Truth Matter? is an exchange between Jim Shultz, executive director of The Democracy Center and Ron Unz. In this exchange, Mr. Shultz shows how the statistics have been manipulated to provide the "95% failure rate of LEP students to learn English" that Ron Unz and others are claiming. There is also an excellent article by Jim Shultz entitled The Anti-Bilingual Initiative - A Father's View.
There is a lot of information on the Unz Initiative and English Only on the Language Policy and Language Rights page maintained by the USC (University of Southern California) Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
The Pájaro Valley Coalition for an Educated America has many articles on Prop 227 as well as information on obtaining videos on the Unz Initiative.
The NCBE (National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education) Roundtable offers a great forum for discussion on various issues related to bilingual education. This is a very active list and there is currently much discussion regarding the Unz Initiative.
The organization, Citizens For an Educated America: No on Unz has compiled a website with information on this initiative.
In Responding to Unz, Dr. Stephen Krashen responds to Unz' recent position paper, pointing out misstatements, distortions and factual errors.
Read the CABE statement (California Association for Bilingual Education) on the Unz Initiative. This is available in English and Spanish and may be freely duplicated and disseminated.
NABE (National Association for Bilingual Education) has provided much information on this initiative.
You will also find a wealth of information on the SMART NATION homepage.
Check out Jim Crawford's Language Policy Web Site & Emporium.
Read information on CATESOL's (California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) opposition to the Ron Unz English for the Children initiative
Read MALDEF's Position on the Unz Initiative. MALDEF has provided a very informative section-by-section analysis of the Unz Initiative.
Read the recent newspaper articles on the Unz Initiative, bilingual education and issues affecting Latino students on the education page of Latino Beat, an online magazine.
The Linguistic Society of America has passed a resoultion opposing the Unz initiative.
Broken Spanglish is a thoughtful article on the Unz Initiative and River Glen Elementary, a dual-immersion school in San José, California. You can read an article about this exemplary two-way immersion program which was awarded the Seal of Academic Excellence in Bilingual Education
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