A Discussion with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. On May 11, the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings hosted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for a conversation on the billions of dollars of economic stimulus aid being delivered to states and school districts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. He discussed how the stimulus funds can advance the president’s goals for education reform.
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Pew Hispanic Center
Founded in 2001, the Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Its mission is to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the entire nation. The Center does not advocate for or take positions on policy issues. It is a project of the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan "fact tank" in Washington, DC that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.

Among the latest reports and fact sheets, published in May, 2009: Latino Children: A Majority Are U.S.-Born Offspring of Immigrants
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The Future of Children
A publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution, The Future of Children seeks to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.

The Spring 2009 issue, America's High Schools, takes stock of the challenges facing U.S. high schools and considers what researchers and policymakers now know about high school reform—what works and what does not. It focuses in particular on the low-performing schools whose limited capacity often places large numbers of their students at high risk of failure.
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Center for Immigration Studies
The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States. It is the Center's mission to expand the base of public knowledge and understanding of the need for an immigration policy that gives first concern to the broad national interest. The Center is animated by a pro-immigrant, low-immigration vision which seeks fewer immigrants but a warmer welcome for those admitted.


Language Learning & Technology
An on line refereed journal that seeks to disseminate research to foreign and second language educators, Language Learning & Technology focuses on language learning first and considers technology a tool to be used wisely and effectively.


Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
The CMMR web site provides dozens of links to current research on topics of interest to ESL educators.


Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
The primary objectives of the Center for Applied Linguistics are to improve the teaching of English as a second or foreign language, to promote the teaching of the less commonly taught languages, and to conduct research that will enhance the educational process.