Rosalie Pedalino Porter advises school districts and the U.S. Congress on education policy. She writes for national publications, has lectured widely in the U.S. and other countries, and now resides in Singer Island, Florida and Amherst, Massachusetts. She is the author of "Forked Tongue: The Politics of Bilingual Education" and "Language and Literacy for English Learners" "Grades 7-12".