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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">NABE 2012 Executive Board is excited to announce the NABE 2012 Conference scheduled at the beautiful Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas, February 15-17, 2012!<span> </span>We have a tremendous line-up of national speakers and great sessions on quality research, programs, and best practices serving Bilingual Learners!</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">NABE 2012 is proud to announce that Dr. Jim Cummins, Dr. Stephen Krashen, Dr. James Crawford, Dr. Lily Wong-Fillmore, and Dr. Josefina Tinajero are all confirmed speakers!</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Go to <u><a href="http://www.nabe.org/" target="_blank">www.nabe.org</a></u> and Register Today! </font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">FYI: NABE would also like to announce a special Professional Development Incentive (PDI) program designed to provide additional savings for schools and districts to attend NABE 2012. For full details,pPlease go to:</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Support NABE, your national organization, as together we continue to advocate, educate and collaborate for all Bilingual Learners!!!</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Look forward to seeing you at NABE 2012!!</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Sincerely,</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dr. Rossana Ramirez Boyd, President</font></font></p>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">National Association for Bilingual Education</span><br>-- <br>via: Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, PhD</div>
<div>Member, NABE Executive Board</div>
<div><br>Dir. of PhD & Post-MA Programs in Multilingual Multicultural Studies<br>NYU Steinhardt, 635 East Building<br>New York, NY 10003<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- </div>