Central Unified Board commits to exploring Dual Language programs in Spanish and Punjabi In January, the Board of Trustees affirmed its commitment to developing a Dual Language Bilingual Education program in Spanish and Punjabi.

Central Unified School District is exploring Dual Language programs in Spanish & Punjabi — a step toward stronger support for multilingual learners and expanded opportunities for biliteracy in California schools.

Read more: abc30.com/post/central...

#MultilingualEd #DualLanguage #Biliteracy

2026 MLE4All Campaign Webinar Launch (English)

Missed the MLE4ALL Campaign Launch Webinar? 🎥 Watch it here:
English: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvPg...
Español: www.youtube.com/watch?v=baHD...
普通话: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHw...

Let’s keep pushing for Multilingual Education For All! 🌍📚 #MLE4ALL #MultilingualEd #Equity

Universal Pre-K: Multilingual Learners in California California's UPK is a leap toward equity, but are multilingual learners ready? Key workforce challenges.

LifeNextDaily News!
CA's Universal Pre-K aims for equity, but is the workforce ready for 1.69M multilingual learners? A new report reveals key needs. #UniversalPreK #EarlyLearning #MultilingualEd

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📘New report from CalTog + EL-WIN:
How can CA build a Universal Pre-K workforce that reflects its multilingual learners?

🔹Central Valley “Grow Your Own” models
🔹Spanish ECE certificate programs
🔹7 big policy recommendations

🔗Read: buff.ly/eIEPXZM

#MultilingualEd #UPK #EarlyEd #EquityInEd

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🚨 TIME-SENSITIVE: Title III funding for #ELLs is on the line! @NABE advocates for every student. @ppssf is on board! Urge the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education NOW to #ProtectTitleIII for FY26 under #ESSA!
Call (202) 225-2771

#MultilingualEd

Centering Bilingual Books in Every Literacy Classroom ILA's New Digital Experience Is Here! Learn More

Bilingual books belong at the center of literacy—not in the margins. 📖 Valerie Butrón and Rita Guzmán, co-founders of Tumbao Bilingual Books, are sharing how multilingual stories affirm identity and deepen literacy learning: buff.ly/wu8g79e

#ILA #MultilingualEd #InclusiveTeaching #DiverseBooks

This is the conversation we need to be having.
Policing AI use misses the point that students are already thinking in new dimensions.
#StudentVoice #FutureOfLearning #InstructionalDesign #AIinEducation #MultilingualEd #EquityInEd

Important findings: Visually cluttered environments reduce children's cognitive performance—fewer hits, lower memory spans.
Classroom design isn't just aesthetic; it's cognitive. It especially matters for multilingual learners juggling dual processing. #EdResearch #CognitiveLoad #MultilingualEd

Webinar: Assessing Literacy Reading Difficulty Screeners for Multilingual Learners

Learn how to equitably implement reading difficulties risk screeners for multilingual learners in early grades.

📅 June 10 | 🕒 4:00pm-4:30pm EDT
🔗 Register: www.cal.org/reading-diff...

#MultilingualEd #Webinar

We're here at #AERA2025 and so excited to share the launch of Racial Justice in Multilingual Education! 📚✊🏽

#RJME #RacialJustice #MultilingualEd

📣 #AERA2025 RJME Symposium Spotlight: Dr. L.J. Randolph, "Racial Justice is Curricular Justice: Imagining New Curricular Frameworks for World Language Education"

🗓️ Saturday - April 26, ⏰ 3:20 - 4:50 PM, 📍Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room Level, Room 703!

#RJME #RacialJustice #MultilingualEd

📣 #AERA2025 RJME Symposium Spotlight:
Dr. Laura Chavez-Moreno, "How Schools Make Race: Latinx Racialization in Bilingual Education"

🗓️ Saturday - April 26, ⏰ 3:20 - 4:50 PM, 📍Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room Level, Room 703!

#RJME #RacialJustice #MultilingualEd

So nice to see this upcoming event, which connects 2 places that have been central to my academic journey: @AUTh, where I completed my undergraduate degree, and @tcddublin.bsky.social, where I did my M.Phil. on a scholarship through their partnership. #LanguagePedagogy #RefugeeEd #MultilingualEd

Excited to share my @iatefl.bsky.social #IATEFL2025 talk:

Pre-service English Teachers’ Narratives on Bilingualism and Linguistic Landscapes
🗓 9 April | ⏰ 16:15 | 📍 Moffat Room

A journey through identity, space & language in the Forum on Bilingualism 🌍📚 #ELT #MultilingualEd

Hope to see you there!

Will you be at #AAAL2025?

Come meet three of the editors of Racial Justice in Multilingual Education! 📚✊🏽

🗓️Saturday - March 22, 12:30-1:45 PM, Tower Court A!

#RJME #RacialJustice #MultilingualEd

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Catch me at the 54th Annual Int Conference for NABE . I'm excited to be sharing two pre-recorded presentations Check it out. I'd love to hear your thoughts. nabe.org

#NABE2025 #MultilingualEd #ProfessionalDevelopment #MLLsCanDo #Inquiry #MultilingualEcosystem