Newly updated version of dictionary which represents authoritative source for the vocabulary of military affairs.  From the Department of Defense, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Discusses Sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the key criteria when redistricting of not denying the right to vote or the right to equally participate in the political process to members of a racial or language minority group, and pending legislation and court cases relevant to these matters.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

Standards developed by  state-based groups which have been much in the news because of the shift in emphasis away from fiction and toward nonfiction.  From the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association.

This report presents data on the frequency and percentage of the U.S. population aged five and over who spoke a Native North American language at home.  Also includes a map of U.S. counties showing the density of residents who spoke a Native North American language.  From the Census Bureau

Explores demographic characteristics, citizenship and immigration, family and personal life, education and language, employment and economic well-being, and geographic location of Virginia’s 630,000 Hispanic residents.  From the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia

British government report on presence of Anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom.  Covers Anti-Semitic incidents, discourse, sources of contemporary Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Semitism on campus.  Command Paper Cm7991.  From the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

National and state level data on the percentage of the U.S. population who spoke a language other than English at home by Hispanic origin and race in 2009.  From the Census Bureau

Reports that more students at the primary school level are learning a foreign language in 2008 than in 2000 but no progress was made in the number of students learning a foreign language in upper secondary education.  English is the most studied of all foreign languages in European schools.  From Eurostat

New initiative by state officials to establish common core standards in English language arts and mathematics.  From the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Provides information on the number and characteristics of people in the U.S. in 2007 who spoke a language other than English at home.  Also shows trends since 1980.  From the Census Bureau.

Discusses the outcome of a project to simultaneously teach English language acquisition and occupational skills to workers with limited English proficiency.  From the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Public draft of proposed common state standards for  (1) English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies and Science and for (2) Mathematics.  From the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

5-4 Supreme Court decision that the Federal Communications Commission can penalize broadcasters for even occasional violation of so-called decent language standards but the court stopped short of deciding whether the FCC had the constitutional right to police the airwaves. From Findlaw.com.

Initially a collection of about 1200 documents on cultural history from worldwide sources, modeled on the Library of Congress American Memory site. Documents appear in the original languages but each is accompanied by a brief description of content and significance in each of the site’s seven languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. From the United Nations

Provides the text of the revised Code of Conduct for U.S. judges, which becomes effective July 1, 2009. Streamlines the code from 7 to 5 canons and provides plainer language style. From the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

First national attempt to document the English language literacy of foreign-born adults living in households in the U.S. Presents English literacy scores of foreign-born adults aged 16 or older by race/ethnicity, age of arrival in the U.S., years spent in the U.S., highest level of educational attainment, and language spoken before starting school. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

Examines scores of language-minority students on math tests in 1st grade and the gain in their scores by 5th grade according to student&#x0027s; race/ethnicity, poverty status, and mother’s education. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

Covers amount of time that teachers expected students to spend on reading/language arts and mathematics homework in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th grades, and the amount of time parents reported that children spent on homework. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

Examines lessons learned from the Vietnam War about the need for language and cultural skills when waging war against insurgents among the people. From the Defense Technical Information Service and the U.S. Army War College.

Presents school district level results over a four year period of the National Assessment of Education Progress reading tests for 4th and 8th grade students in 10 urban school districts and the District of Columbia. Student performance is reported by race/ethnicity, eligibility for free/reduced-price school lunch, disability and English language learners. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

Studies a nationally Representative sample of children born in 2001. Focus is on language, literacy, mathematics, fine motor skills, nonparental education and care experiences when the children were about 4 years old. From the National Center for Education Statistics

Calls for more support for 14 U.S. Department of Education programs that focus on foreign language and area studies education. Also calls for a more integrated approach to teaching foreign languages and foreign cultures throughout the U.S. education system. Finds that lack of knowledge about foreign languages and foreign cultures threatens the security of the U.S. and calls on colleges and universities to serve as resources on the politics, economics, religions, and cultures of the countries of the world From the National Research Council.

National and state level tables showing number of speakers of foreign languages by age, sex, race/Hispanic origin, nativity, citizenship, and year of entry, and other educational and employment characteristics. Covers speakers of Spanish, other Indo-European languages, Asian and Pacific Island languages, and other languages. Second table covers characteristics of households where English only or non-English languages are spoken. Data is from the 2000 Census. From the Census Bureau.

Presents results from a national 2005 survey that examined the educational experiences of American Indian and Alaskan Native students in grades 4 and 8, with particular emphasis on the integration of native language and culture into school and classroom activities. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

Compares school-to-home communication practices and opportunities for parent involvement at school as reported by parents from primarily English-speaking and Spanish-speaking households. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

Reports on outcome of National Assessment of Educational Progress reading tests for grades 4 and 8 for ten urban school districts in 2005. Student performance is reported by race/ethnicity, poverty status, gender, parents level of education, disability, and English language learners. Trends over recent years are included. From the National Center for Education Statistics.

Investigates six non-school factors that relate to student achievement: educational attainment of parents, occupational status of parents, number of books in student homes, family structure, immigrant status, and language spoken at home. From the National Center for Education Statistics

Uses decennial data to present an analysis of changes in the demographic and socioeconomic state of children during the 1990s. Covers children’s living arrangements, languages spoken, education attainment level, labor force status of the children’s parents, and physical characteristics of their housing. From the Census Bureau.