Language Minority Education

Dave's ESL Cafe – A highly interactive site featuring extensive resources for ESL teachers.
Language Education Associates – Publisher of research on bilingualism and language acquisition, including Under Attack: The Case Against Bilingual Education, by Stephen Krashen.
ESL Standards for Pre-K–12 Students – A comprehensive vision of English as a second language: what students must learn and how.
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition – The Internet's most extensive resource in this field, with hundreds of publications available for download, a searchable database of more than 20,000 references, and constantly updated information about research and policy developments. 

University-Based Resources
Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research – University of Southern California
Linguistic Minority Research Institute – University of California, Santa Barbara
Jill Kerper Mora – San Diego State Univesity, School of Teacher Education; excellent site on bilingual education, Prop. 227, and related matters.
Southwest Center for Education Equity & Language Diversity – Arizona State University

Professional Organizations
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
     Ventura County Chapter
Illinois Association for Multilingual Multicultural Education (IAMME)  
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/Bilingual Education (NJTESOL-BE)
New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Government Resources
Office of English Language Acquisition – U.S. Department of Education.
English Learners – Language and Culture in Education – California Department of Education
Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children: A Research Agenda – Report by the National Research Council.

Opponents of Bilingual Education
Institute for Research in English Acquisition and Development (READ)

Language Policy Research Unit – Original articles, along with a comprehensive bibliography and Internet links. A branch of the Education Policy Studies Laboratory at Arizona State University. 
Language Futures Europe – An exhaustive collection of links on multilingualism, nationalism, EEC language policies, and the global dominance of English (on and off the Internet), among numerous other topics; emphasis on Europe, but also features sites on U.S. monolingual follies.
Language Policy Research Center – Comprehensive site devoted to language issues in Israel.
For a Multilingual Turn in American Studies, by Werner Sollors – On-line discussion organized by the American Studies Association, including responses by an international group of scholars.
"Language Becomes War by Other Means" – International conflicts proliferate; Christian Science Monitor, 10 December 1997.

LINGO JINGO: English-Only and the New Nativism – American Prospect article by Geoffrey Nunberg, July-August 1997.
Should English Be the Law? – Atlantic Monthly article by Robert D. King, April 1997. 

Pro
U.S. English – The major lobby for language restrictions, founded in 1983 by the late Sen. S. I. Hayakawa and Dr. John Tanton; built the modern English Only movement.
English First – A competing advocacy group, founded in 1986 by Far Right activist Larry Pratt; a distant second in funding and influence.
ProEnglish –  Founded by the Tanton clique after it lost a power struggle to control U.S. English. The most extreme wing of an extremist movement, it enjoys very limited influence.


Con: Organizational Statements
American Civil Liberties Union
Linguistic Society of America  
National Council of Teachers of English
National Education Association
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Teaching Indigenous Languages – Extensive collection of resources at Northern Arizona University, including proceedings from a series of conferences, including:
     Stabilizing Indigenous Languages (1994 & 1995)
     Teaching Indigenous Languages (1997) 
     Revitalizing Indigenous Languages (1998)

"SPEAKING IN TONGUES: As Telecommunications, Tourism and Trade Make the World a Smaller Place, Languages Are Dying at an Alarming Rate," by James Geary, Time International Edition, July 7, 1997
Centre for Theories of Language and Learning – Highlights a conference on the Conservation of Endangered Languages held at the University of Bristol in April 1995.
Endangered Languages Fund – Offers grants to support linguistic and revitalization efforts with endangered languages.  
Ethnologue – The most extensive database of the world's 6500+ languages; published by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, a missionary organization associated with the Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Iatiku Newsletter – On-linge publication of the Foundation for Endangered Languages.  
Native Web – Offers links to a wide variety of Native American sites.
NAT-LANG Mailing List – Archives of a listserv oriented toward Native American language activists; sponsored by NativeNet.
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas – Major organization of linguists and activists working with endangered languages in the Western Hempisphere; publishes on-line newsletter.
Terralingua – Organization highlighting the parallel threats to biological and linguistic diversity.

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund – One of the leading organizations in defending minority language rights in the U.S.A.

Center for Applied Linguistics Ebonics Information Page
Senate Testimony on "Ebonics," Jan. 23, 1997, by Prof. William Labov

National Immigration Forum – Offers extensive reporting and background on current immigration issues.

Center for Applied Linguistics – Features research in a variety of areas related to language education.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages & Linguistics – Starting point for research on a virtually any topic in applied linguistics.
Human Languages Page – Giant catalog of language-related resources on the Internet.
Linguist List – Archives and current messages of a popular listserv sponsored by the Linguistic Society of America.
National Council for Languages and International Studies – A coalition of professional organizations representing foreign-language educators.