21st-century skills – communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity – call on schools to put student oral and written communication at the forefront of students' learning experience.
Current standards reflect a focus on the language practices that all students need – for example, making historical claims, constructing mathematical explanations, or expressing scientific hypotheses. As such, school systems must provide support to English Learners and their teachers to develop these practices.
Our professional learning configurations support educators across all levels of the system as they work towards a coherent approach to effective policies, programs, and practices for multilingual learners.