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The Children's Equity Project & The Century Foundation's DLI Framework Webinar Series

Webinar Series: Access and Quality in Dual Language Immersion Programs in Early Care & Education

Dual language immersion (DLI) refers to an educational model in which children receive part of their instruction in English and the other part in a partner language (e.g., Spanish). There is a robust body of research supporting DLI programming as the gold standard for children who are emergent bilinguals. Children who are emergent bilinguals with access to high-quality DLI programming in the early years have more advanced bilingual fluency, learn English faster, and have better academic gains in later grades. Yet, only 8% of children who are emergent bilinguals between K-12 have access to DLI programming, creating a major gap between research and practice, as well as persisting educational inequities. 
 
The Children’s Equity Project and The Century Foundation are co-hosting a series of monthly virtual webinars to take deep dives into its recent reports on emergent bilinguals’ access to DLI programs and on how to operationalize high-quality DLI programming for emergent bilinguals in early care and education, specifically infants/toddlers, preschoolers, and students in K-2nd grade. Federal, state, and local education leaders, teachers, and bilingual research experts will serve as panelists.
 
Intended Audience:
The intended audience for these webinars includes education leaders, program administrators, teachers, coaches, special education personnel, researchers, and more.
These webinars will be ideal for:
  • Federal, state, and local education agencies seeking to improve their supports of emergent bilinguals.
  • English programs wanting to transition to DLI programs.
  • Existing DLI programs committed to ongoing quality improvement.
Topics addressed in the webinars:
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For more information on this webinar series, please contact Melissa Palazuelos Ybarra at mpalazue@asu.edu.