NABE members are united by the belief that language pluralism and bilingual competence in English and other languages benefits the nation and all its citizens. As a tax-exempt, non-profit national professional membership and advocacy organization, NABE’s purposes include, but are not limited to:

• Increasing public understanding of the importance of language and culture in education.
• Fostering the establishment of language policies which meet the needs of a pluralistic society in an era of global interdependence and competition.
• Advocating for bilingual education programs which enable all students to become proficient in English and at least one additional language, to meet world-class academic standards, and to attain socio-cultural integration.
• Advocating for language-minority students to have equal opportunities for leaning in both the first language and English, maintaining a positive self-concept, and succeeding academically.
• Involving language-minority parents in the process of education and in public policy decisions affecting them and their children through comprehensible communication.
• Advocating for language minority-students to have comprehensive access to instructional technology and promoting the application of technology to teach language and culture.
• Promoting and providing professional development opportunities for educational personnel relating to language and culture.
• Identifying and publicizing the characteristics and outcomes of successful bilingual education programs.
• Promoting and publishing scholarly research related to the education of linguistically and culturally diverse populations.

Regular Memberships are for individuals. Regular members receive the NABE news magazine, and have on-line access to the Bilingual Research Journal, are entitled to vote in NABE elections, and qualify for discounted rates for the national conference.

Regular discounted memberships are available to parents, paraprofessionals, and full-time students. Discounted memberships are available to our Utah affiliate.