CABE and Californians Together to Hold a Press Conference on NCLB Assessment Lawsuit Against the State of California

CABE has over 5,000 members with over 55 chapters/affiliates, all
working to promote educational equity and student achievement for students
with diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds.

Multicultural Playing Field (MPF) - an international partnership
whose mission is to make the world a more safe, inclusive and tolerant
place - is releasing a global awareness education package with a map
and CD-ROM teaching guide called "Ten Steps to Reach the Global
Village" to help parents and educators reach children across the
globe. "The map is appropriate for educators to enhance teaching
multiple subjects like history, geography, science, sociology, poetry
and psychology.

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Conversely, families can just as easily hang it in
their living room or study for use as a common base for value-added
family conversations," he added.net / or
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The three law firms jointly retained by CABE and Californians Together are
Burke, Williams and Sorensen, LLP, which specializes in education law, and the
Law Offices of Hadsell + Stormer, Inc.
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The learning package has three innovative objectives:

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and Law Offices of Marc Coleman, each
specializing in civil rights litigation.

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Californians Together, in
conjunction with many of its affiliates, strive to foster full participation
in a democratic society through quality education for children and parents
from underserved communities.
"This century has unfortunately started with a wave of
multicultural friction, and our children have been increasingly
exposed to scenes of terrorism and violence in the media," Atsumi
said.
The learning tool also challenges children to set ground rules for
themselves and others in the world to follow that are sensitive to
cultural differences, encourages them seek ways to make friends and
experience the world, and bring everyone together as a multicultural
team .

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This imperative,
however, is complicated by the fact there is a poor level of global
awareness among children around the world, and there is generally a
poor standard of global education in many leading countries.

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Suite 2500 Los Angeles, CA 90017.
MPF's "Ten Steps to Reach the Global Village" poster and CD-ROM
teaching guide takes children through a step-by-step educational
experience helping build an awareness of the world beyond their
personal experiences and better equipping them to view the world
through a multicultural lens.

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MPF believes that today, it is no longer a luxury to be aware and
understanding of multicultural differences.

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The objective of this lawsuit is to compel the State of California to
assess the academic progress of its English Learners as required by the
mandate of NCLB: States must assess limited English proficient students in "a
valid and reliable manner" that includes (A) "reasonable accommodations"; and
(B) "to the extent practicable, assessments in the language and form most
likely to yield accurate data on what such students know and can do in
academic content areas, until such students have achieved English language
proficiency.D.

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Available in English, Japanese and Arabic, The Learning Map is a
colorful , 26' X 39" poster that invites children to a virtual trip by
a roller coaster to understand the scale of the globe, Earth's
segments and imbalance of resources, and man's achievements and
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Date: April 7, 2005 (Thursday)
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Burke Williams + Sorensen, LLP
611 West Sixth Street Suite 2500
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3102

California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) and
Californians Together Retain Counsel to Challenge California's
English Only Assessments of English Learners

COVINA, Calif.
In an effort to provide full details of the lawsuit , CABE and Californians
Together are co-hosting a press conference on (Thurs.

"Ten Steps to Reach the Global Village" is appropriate for
children of all ages, and for either school or home use, according to
Mike Mueller, MPF Partner.mcpf.

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"Educators can use the poster as a teaching tool for global
education at a school by hanging it near the world map, for example,"
he said . For more
information please call 1-877-206-6424, visit the website at
info@mcpf.

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California 's accountability system solely includes academic tests
of English Learners (grades 2-11) administered in a language they don't speak
or understand.eq.

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Multicultural Playing Field Launches "Ten Steps to Reach The
Global Village" Cultural Awareness Educational Poster and CD-ROM
Teaching Guide for Parents and Educators

It may take a village to raise a child , but in today's volatile
world, it takes an educated and culturally aware child to build a
tolerant and peaceful global village.

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6 million English Learners in
California. The group believes that
multicultural tolerance is a 21st century imperative.

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, Joining Coachella Valley Unified
School District, the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) and
Californians Together jointly retained three major civil rights and education
law firms to pursue a lawsuit against the State of California to enforce the
provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act pertaining to the academic
assessment of English Learners.), April 7, 2005,
11:30 AM at Burke, Williams + Sorensen, LLP, located at 611 W .

CABE is a non-profit organization that was incorporated in 1976 to promote
bilingual education and quality educational experiences for all students in
California.J.

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Californians Together is a statewide coalition of parents, teachers,
education advocates and civil rights groups committed to securing equal access
to quality education for all children. It was founded in 1998 as a non -profit
organization after the passage of Proposition 227.net

About Multicultural Playing Field , LLC

Formed in January 2004, Multicultural Playing Field, LLC (MPF), is
an international partnership with a mission to enhance global
awareness and multicultural understanding within young people all
around the world. Developed on the premise that multicultural
tolerance is the new 21st century imperative, MPF has pioneering this
education to develop the next generation of thinkers who can
responsibly take advantage of the limitless opportunities a
peace-loving and uninhibited global village has to offer.

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International Partnership Makes Multicultural Tolerance A Critical Imperative for 21st Century Children

Following the 9/11 incident, several people from multiple
countries met to discuss tangible ways to stop man-made disasters,
according to Ikuko Atsumi, Ph.
For more information on MPF or ordering "Ten Steps to Reach the
Global Village," please visit the website at http://www .