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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. . . .