Websites

• GUSD FLAG site
• California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) http://www.bilingualeducation.org
• California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/ip
• Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) http://www.carla.umn.edu
• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) http://www.cal.org
• Illinois Resource Center, Dual U http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc
• Kathryn Lindholm-Leary’s website – resources, research & best practices, publications, copies on presentation on dual language education and bilingual education http://www.lindholm-leary.com
• National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) http://www.nabe.org
• National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu
• Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OELA

Additional Resources

• Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education, available free at on the Center for Applied Linguistic (CAL) website at http://www.cal.org/twi/guidingprinciples.htm
• Evaluator’s Toolkit for Dual Language Programs, available free at http://www.cal.org/twi/EvalToolkit/
• Recommended Books in Spanish K-6. A standards-based publication listing 316 Spanish titles hand selected by Two-Way Immersion teachers at each grade level. For ordering information go to: http://store.sdcoe.net
• NY Times Article: Why Bilinguals Are Smarter? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
• WSJ Article: the Bilingual Brain is Sharper and More Focused, Study Says. http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/04/30/the-bilingual-brain-is-sharper-and-more-focused-study-says/tab/print/

Media

• Advocates Seek More Focus on Learning Foreign Languages
• Your Mind On Language: How Bilingualism Boosts Your Brain
• Bilingual Learning – The Science, Options and Dilemma of Dual Language Education
• Diplomats visit dual-language classes, December 14, 2012. Franklin Elementary welcomes consuls from Germany and Austria to witness its immersion program
• La Doppia Vita. This is a new article written by our own Franklin parent, Simona Montanari, for Language Magazine.
• Italian official: Dual-language program is looking molto bene – October 24, 2012
• Italy consul general stops by Glendale school – May 29, 2012.