Caslon Publishing and Consulting for Language Educators

About Us

Caslon Publishing is an independent publisher located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We publish texts for professional educators that address contemporary challenges across a wide range of contexts in language and literacy education, and our work seeks to actively promote multilingualism and intercultural communication. Our publications make the latest academic research accessible and practicable to teachers, administrators, and policymakers so that these professionals are equipped to meet the language and literacy needs of their students, communities, and societies. We are passionate about the subjects in which we publish and about the books that we make. Caslon is committed to working closely with our authors throughout the publishing process to ensure that great ideas are developed into high-quality publications that reach the audiences that need them. 

Our consulting projects in the field of language education provide an important complement to our publishing endeavors. Our consultants work with schools, school districts, and departments of education locally, throughout the United States, and internationally in the areas of bilingual education, English as a second language, world or foreign language education, and heritage language education to develop policies, programs, and practices that meet the needs of the target population.

Charles Field is the founder and president of Caslon Publishing. Charlie has worked in publishing for over 30 years. Prior to founding Caslon Inc. in 1992, Charlie worked for large, small, start-up, and non-profit publishers in all aspects of the business. Caslon Inc. began by providing project management for publishers and advice on publishing as well as editing, design, and production services for authors, publishers, non-profit organizations, and NGOs.

Rebecca Freeman Field is the founder and director of the Language Education Division of Caslon Publishing and Consulting. Rebecca has worked in the field of language education for over 25 years. She earned a B.A. in Spanish from Western Maryland College (1982), an M.A. in TESOL from New York University (1986), and a Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University (1993). Rebecca has conducted action-oriented research in bilingual schools and communities since 1986, and has published two books on her work: Bilingual Education and Social Change (1998) and Building on Community Bilingualism (2004).

Rebecca has recently concentrated much of her energy and efforts on developing leadership on English language learner issues in districts and schools, and she co-edited (with Else Hamayan) English Language Learners at School: A Guide for Administrators (2006).  She also has extensive experience working with bilingual education, English as a second language, world language, and heritage language educators in the United States and internationally in the areas of language policy and planning; language education program development, implementation, and evaluation; second language acquisition and academic language and literacy development; sheltered instruction; and assessment and accountability in language education programs.

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