This brochure, in English and many other languages, describes the benefits of raising bilingual and multilingual children and many effective strategies that parents can use to make that happen.

This infographic makes very clear the multiple benefits to being multilingual, multiliterate, and multicultural in today’s global society.

This paper, by Joy Kreeft Peyton and Ana Lucia Lico, published in Univision News (November 1, 2017), argues that when children and their parnets keep their mother tongue alive at home and in the community, these children can become bilingual. It gives a list of practical tips to guide parents in facilitating the development of bilingual children.

HLE Network, in the Netherlands, interviewed leaders in the heritage language community in the U.S. and internationally, and asked, "What are the most common misconceptions about heritage language education that you encounter?" The responses are very interesting!

This article, published in Language Issues: The ESOL Journal, Volume 27, Number 1, Summer 2016, pp. 13-20(8), argues that heritage language schools provide an important space for connecting with identity.

This site presents a collection of videos that have voices of students in heritage language schools, who have earned Seal of Biliteracy credentials. The students send us very powerful messages about how they have built their identity as bilingual and multilingual speakers and their self-confidence while they have learned their heritage languages at their schools, and what it means for their bilingual and biliteracy abilities to be officially recognized by the Seal of Biliteracy.

The Coalition has created flyers for various events.

Download 2026 Conference Flyer
Download 2024 Conference Flyer
Download CBHL Flyer
Download Survey Flyer
Download 2023 Conference Flyer
Download 2023 Conference Flyer

This resource guide, written by Constantine Ioannou, with ILEA (International Educators' Association), Ontario, Canada, describes how ILE (International Language Organizations, for us, community-based heritage language schools), can build and sustain the key features of these schools. It will be very helpful to leaders of community-based schools in the United States!

Since 2009, the National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) has held annual workshops that have focused on training cohorts of K-16 and community school instructors of heritage languages in the development of innovative heritage curricula to address the challenge of teaching heritage language students. The participants in these workshops have engaged in hands-on activities that have involved the development, presentation, and critique of projects that can be used with heritage language students.

Read about modern, research backed instructional approaches like inquiry-based learning and project-based learning, and how you can apply them to the heritage language classroom, including project planning templates.

These briefs give an overview of key topics in the field of community-based heritage language school education. We will continue to publish new Heritage Briefs as new topics arise.

Reading materials are needed for MANY languages taught in community-based schools. This online resource hub provides links to sites around the world that make available digital reading materials.