Urgent Research Questions and Issues in Dual Language Education

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Nearly 40 dual language education researchers from around the United States met in Santa Fe, NM on November 11-12, 2008 to define the most urgent research questions and issues in dual language education.

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Jay Parkes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
120 Simpson Hall
MSC05 3040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1246
Phone: (505) 277-3320
Fax: (505) 277-8361
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