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Anzaldúa, G. 1987. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.
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August, D., and M. Calderón. 2006. "Teacher Beliefs and Professional Development." In Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth, edited by D. August and T. Shanahan. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


August, D., and T. Shanahan, eds. 2006. Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.


Biancarosa, G., and C. E. Snow. 2004. Reading Next — A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
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Calderón, M. 2007. Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6–12: A Framework for Improving Achievement in the Content Areas. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Calderón, M. 2006. "Quality Instruction in Reading for English Language Learners." In Preparing Quality Educators for English Language Learners: Research, Policy, and Practice, edited by Kip Téllez and Hersh C.Waxman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


Calderón, M., D.August, R. E. Slavin, N. A. Madden, D. A. Durán, and A. Cheung. 2005. "Bringing Words to Life in Classrooms With English Language Learners." In Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Bringing Research to Practice, edited by E. H. Hiebert and M. L. Kamil. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


Calderón, M., R. Hertz-Lazarowitz, and R. E. Slavin. 1998. "Effects of Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition on Students Making the Transition from Spanish to English Reading," Elementary School Journal 99, no. 2:153-165.


Calderón, M. E., and L. Minaya-Rowe. 2003. Designing and Implementing Two-Way Bilingual Programs: A Step-by-Step Guide for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Camarota, S. A. 2001. "The Impact of Immigration on U.S. Population Growth." Testimony prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims (August 2).


Chavez, L. 1995. "One Nation, One Common Language," Reader's Digest (August), pp. 87–91.


Cortes, R. M. 2006. "Herman Badillo Has a Plan," NY Latino Journal (December 20).
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Cummins, J. 2006. "Immersion Education for the Millennium: What We Have Learned from 30 Years of Research on Second Language Immersion." Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Available online at I Teach I Learn: Educational Ideas and Solutions
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Edweek.org. nd. “English-Language Learners.” Edweek.org, Research Center.
> Available online (free with registration)


Fradd, S. 1997. "School-University Partnerships to Promote Science with Students Learning English," TESOL Journal 7, no. 1:35–40.


Freedman, S. 2007. "Some Immigrant High Schoolers Receive a Lesson in Disappointment," New York Times (February 28).
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Fry, R. 2005. The Higher Drop-Out Rate of Foreign-Born Teens: The Role of Schooling Abroad. Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center.
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García, E. 2001a. Hispanic Education in the United States: Raíces y Alas. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
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García, E. 2001b. Understanding and Meeting the Challenge of Student Diversity, 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.


Jacoby, S. 1974. The New Americans: Immigration into the U.S. Washington, DC: Alicia Patterson Foundation.


Johnson, J., A. M. Arumi, and A. Ott. 2006. How Black and Hispanic Families Rate their Schools. Reality Check 2006 series, issue no. 2. New York: Public Agenda.
> Report PDF, press release, questionnaire


National Center for Education Statistics. 2005. The NAEP Reading Achievement Levels by Grade. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO.
> Math and reading assessments available online


National Reading Panel. 2000. Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
> Report online


Nieto, S. 2000. Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.


Olsen, L. 1997. Made in America: Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools. New York: New Press.
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Portes, A. 1996. The New Second Generation. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.


Rivera-Batiz, F. L. 1997. The Education of Immigrant Children: The Case of New York City. New York: Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.


Ruiz-de-Velasco, J., and M. Fix. 2000. Immigration in the Last Decade. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.


Rumbaut, R. G., and A. Portes. 2001. Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.


Rumbaut, R. G. 1997. "Ties that Bind: Immigration and Immigrant Families in the United States." In Immigration and the Family: Research and Policy on U.S. Immigrants, edited by A. Booth, C. Crouter, N. Landale, and N. S. Landale, pp. 3–45. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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Short, D., and S. Fitzsimmons. 2006. Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.


Slavin, R. E., and A. Cheung. 2003. "Effective Reading Programs For English Language Learners: A Best-Evidence Synthesis." Report no. 66. Baltimore: CRESPAR/Johns Hopkins University.
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Slavin, R. E., and N. A. Madden, eds. 2001. One Million Children: Success for All. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.


Snow, C. E., P. Griffin, and S. Burns. 2005. Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading: Preparing Teachers for a Changing World. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.


Snow, C. E., S. Burns, and P. Griffin, eds. 1998. Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.


Snow, D. 1997. "Children's Acquisition of Speech Timing in English: A Comparative Study of Voice Onset Time and Final Syllable Vowel Lengthening," Journal of Child Language 24, no. 1:35–36.


Suárez-Orozco, M. M. 1997. "Some Thoughts on the 'New' Immigration." Keynote speech. Spencer Foundation Symposium on Immigration and Education, Los Angeles.


Suárez-Orozco, C., and M. M. Suárez-Orozco. 2001. Children of Immigration. The Developing Child Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Suárez-Orozco, C., M. M. Suárez-Orozco-Orozco, and V. S. M. Louie. Forthcoming. Moving Stories: The Educational Pathways of Immigrant Youth. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Immigration Project.


Thomas, W., and V. Collier. 1997. School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students, National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education. Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Language and Education, George Washington University.


U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Policy and Budget Development Staff. 2006. Teacher Shortage Areas Nationwide Listing: 1990–91 thru 2005–06. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education.
> Available online (65 page word doc)


U.S. Department of Education. 2005. The Nation's Report Card: An Introduction to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO.


Valdes, G. 1998. "The World Outside and Inside Schools: Language and Immigrant Children," Educational Researcher 27, no. 6:4–18.


Valdes, G. 1996. Con Respeto: Bridging the Difference Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
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Vygotsky, L. S. 1978. Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Waldinger, R., and M. Bozorgmehr. 1996. Ethnic Los Angeles. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
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