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Major support for Colorín Colorado is provided by the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.

As a Literacy Coach in a K-6, Reading First Program Improvement School with more than 68% ELLs, I have found your website to be very useful over the past three years. Thank you.
~ Barbara S.

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Additional funding for Colorín Colorado comes from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

Why the name "Colorín Colorado"?

Colorín Colorado is a free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs, also known as students of English as a second language).

Colorín Colorado is produced by Reading Rockets — an educational service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital. Original artwork by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz is used with permission.

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Colorín Colorado receives major funding from the American Federation of Teachers. Additional funding is provided by the National Institute for Literacy and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

¡Colorín Colorado! ® is a registered trademark of WETA.

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