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Legislation to declare English the official language is unnecessary, punitive, pointless, divisive, inconsistent with American values, and self-defeating for our national interests, according to testimony by James Crawford to the House subcommittee on education reform. The written statement is posted at: http://users.rcn.com/crawj/Crawford_Official_English_testimony.pdf.
A letter announcing the Institute, signed by more than 50 leaders in the fields of bilingual, ESL, and heritage language education, is posted at: http://users.rcn.com/crawj/Announcing.pdf. It explains the Institute's perspectives and plans, including efforts to reform the No Child Left Behind Act, curb the abuses of high-stakes testing, secure adequate funding for language programs, and oppose English Only campaigns.