Press Releases

7/26/2006 - Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report "No Child Left Behind Act: Assistance from Education Could Help States Better Measure Progress of Students with Limited English Proficiency"

7/27/2006 - Secretary Spellings Announces Partnership with States to Improve Accountability for Limited English Proficient Students, First of its kind initiative to provide technical assistance, strengthen assessments

7/27/2006 - Building Partnerships to Help English Language Learners, "As our nation grows more diverse, we depend on our schools to ensure that future generations have the knowledge and skills to succeed." — U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings

8/30/2005 - GOOD NEWS ABOUT BILINGUAL EDUCATION: TOO HOT FOR FEDS TO HANDLE?

The U.S. Department of Education has reportedly decided against releasing a research study it commissioned concluding that bilingual education programs are superior to all-English immersion programs in teaching immigrant children to read in English. “It’s a shame that the Department refuses to stand behind its own report,” said James Crawford, NABE's executive director...

7/5/2005 - NABE ELECTS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO EXECUTIVE BOARD

Congratulations to Heriberto Galarza, Elena Izquierdo, and Stephen Krashen, who have been elected as new members of the NABE Board, representing the East, Central, and West Regions respectively. ...

6/22/2005 - NABE NAMES LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE

Irene Bueno, a veteran staffer on Capitol Hill and in the Executive Branch during the Clinton Administration, has signed on as NABE's Legislative Representative. As co-founder and principal of the Nueva Vista Group a government relations firm in Washington, Ms. Bueno has been an advocate in the areas of civil rights, immigration, and minority education. . . .

11/15/2004 - NABE APPOINTS DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR

Plans to Increase Visibility Among Government Officials, the Bilingual Community, and the General Public Are Under Way Today NABE announced the appointments of Francisco Acosta as deputy director and Carmella Baccari as director of public affairs. Acosta, an immigrant from El Salvador, . . .

10/21/2004 - NABE JOINS ALLIANCE FOR FAIR AND EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY, ENDORSES BROAD CRITIQUE OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

A group of 30 education and civil rights organizations, including NABE, has called for an end to the "test and punish" philosophy that guides the . . .


10/9/2004 - NABE NAMES BOARD MEMBERS AND SECRETARY

Dr. Pedro Ruiz and Dr. Sandra Pucci are the newest members of the NABE Executive Board, replacing Silvana Carlos and Susan Pien Hsu, who resigned. . . .


6/23/2004 - NEW REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED TO NABE EXECUTIVE BOARD

NABE members have elected three new representatives to the Executive Board, for three-year terms beginning July 1: Thomas Brown of Poplar, Montana Zaida A. Cintron of Chicago, . . .


6/21/2004 - NABE NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is pleased to announce the appointment of James Crawford as executive director. Crawford, a well known author, lecturer, . . .