Bilingual Education Organizations

• The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages - Committed to encouraging the study of foreign languages and cultures as a vital component of American education and society.
• California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) - Encourages high levels of literacy in English as well as one additional language.
• Canadian Parents for French - British Columbia & Yukon Branch - National volunteer association committed to the promotion and production of French second language educational learning for British Columbia and Yukon French immersion and FSL/core French students.
• The Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association - Features 1500+ students covering kindergarten to high school graduation who are conversing in Mandarin and learning Chinese characters each day throughout regular school hours in Edmonton public schools.
• Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA) - Professional organization. Details on newsletter and conferences.
• National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) - A not-for-profit professional production and advocacy professional membership organization collaborating to realize educational success and equity for all language-minority Americans.
• National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center - Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. One of seven intitutes funded by the U.S. Department of Education, dedicated to enhancing foreign language education throughout America's primary and secondary schools.
• National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) - An organization for educators involved in teaching foreign languages to children. The mission of the organization is to promote opportunities for all children to develop a high level of competence in at least one language in addition to their own.
• Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) - Organization of state advocates for the rights of language minority youth.
• Texas Center for Bilingual/ESL Education - Information and materials designed for parents, teachers and administrators, featuring the web-based "Bilingual Handbook," teaching modules and research. Information is also provided in Spanish.