English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Education

WATESOL provides a professional community at the intersection of the DC Metropolitan area. Our members hail from districts and counties within Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

Works to improve instructional practices for linguistically and culturally diverse children; providing bilingual educators with more high-quality professional development opportunities; securing adequate funding for the programs serving limited-English-proficient students; and keeping the rights of language-minority Americans clearly in focus as states and communities move forward with educational reforms.

The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Inc., was founded in 1956 to foster cross-cultural understanding, scholarship, academic achievement and societal development through the international study of educational ideas, systems, and practices.

Established in 2002, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is comprised of close to 60 developing countries, donor governments, international organizations, the private sector, teachers, and civil society/NGO groups.

The IFRC is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The IFCR works on Disaster response and recovery, development and capacity building, and on promoting social inclusion and peace.

TESOL is the trusted global authority for knowledge and expertise in English language teaching. Includes a variety of opportunities including membership, lesson plans, conferences, a career center and more.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Center contains over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication.

The United Nations four main purposes are 1) To keep peace throughout the world; 2) To develop friendly relations among nations; 3) To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms; and 4) To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.

Resources for educators and families on English language acquisition.

Through the U.S. Department of Education. Resources for English learners and immigrant students.

Government agency responsible for PreK-12th grade educational programs on behalf of the United States Department of Defense across the world.

Part of the U.S. Department of Education, the IAP supports a variety of activities to make international comparative data available on education and learning.

The mission of the Office of Overseas Schools is to promote quality educational opportunities at the elementary and secondary level for dependents of American citizens carrying out the programs of the U.S. Government abroad.

The Center for Applied Linguistics is dedicated to providing a comprehensive range of research-based information, tools, and resources related to language and culture.

A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners. It includes free research-based information, activities, and advice to parents, schools, and communities around the country for pre-K through 12th grade

he Multilingual Learning Toolkit is an online hub for research-based key principles, instructional strategies, and associated, free, practical, and easy-to-use resources that are geared towards educators who teach PreK-3rd Multilingual Learners.