Supporters & Acknowledgements

The Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE)

CASE conducts basic and applied research concerned with improving and upgrading the quality of education in urban areas. CASE serves as a forum for consideration of policy issues, as a center for interdisciplinary approaches to educational problems, and as a clearinghouse in areas of educational research. Funding for CASE projects originates with private industry, foundations, and city, state and federal agencies. While some of CASE’s work is national in scope, much of it is focused on New York City and New York State.

Website: www.gc.cuny.edu/case

Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS)

The Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS) conducts research on language, literacy, and bilingualism and their development and acquisition in an urban society. Its research focuses on examining questions that are at the nexus between language and the New York City urban environment.

Specifically, the Institute conducts basic and applied research on structural questions, and on social and educational issues associated with the language of urban dwellers. It also studies the language and language-learning profile of students at the elementary, secondary and college levels, especially at CUNY and the NYC public schools – the focus is on their acquisition of academic literacy skills in English. For students who are non-native speakers of English (or emergent bilinguals) at CUNY and NYC public schools, focus is on the study of acquisition of academic literacy skills in their native language.
Additionally, RISLUS is also interested in studying “ways to make language instruction, at the NYC public schools and at CUNY, a model for public schools and universities throughout the country.”

Website: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/research-institute-study-language-urban-society

The New York State Department of Education

The Bridges sheltered curricula and New York State teacher support programs that Bridges currently offers are funded by NYSED. Within NYSED we work closely with the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL), for whom SIFE are a priority.

Website: www.nysed.gov