The four issues of the first volume of this National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education newsletter include articles on these topics: organization and programs of the Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; identifying school reform practices in linguistically diverse schools; state data on enrollment of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the nation's schools; evaluation of linguistically and culturally diverse students and the programs that serve them; education priorities for the transition to a new century; charter schools and the linguistically and culturally diverse student; the America Reads Challenge and issues for language minority students; the Glendale Unified School District (California) systemwide improvement project; achieving technological literacy in America's schools; and an Illinois program to assess English language learners. (MSE)