The 30 minute webinar from the 2022 Multilingual Learner Conference on July 9, 2022. Be sure to watch in higher resolution.

According to the US Census, almost a quarter of all students in the United States are first or second generation immigrants. By 2030, the percentage of students learning English as a second language is projected to be close to 40%. Furthermore, as immigration has recently become a top concern for politicians, the number of hate…

From ACSA Leadership Magazine, November/December 2018 “You speak English pretty good! You don’t even have an accent!”  This was said to me.  Last year.  I am a 45 year old man, 43 of those years spent in America. I have a doctorate degree and have worked in public schools for the last 24 years as…

From TEPSA Leader, Spring 2020

(From Edutopia 11/1/2019: https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-get-most-out-diverse-classroom-library) By now, most of us in education are familiar with the term “windows and mirrors” in relation to children’s literature. Originally applied to curriculum as a whole, the term was famously used by Rudine Sims Bishop to discuss the way books and stories can act as windows in which children see a…

(From Edutopia 12/10/19 : https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-tips-principals-parent-who-knows-job) It’s been about three months since I resigned from my position as an elementary school principal. A part of the deal with my wife in allowing me to take a “gap year” was that I would get more involved in our daughter’s schooling. You see, I was never able to…

  Let’s talk about culture. I’m not talking about the stuff microbiologists have in those plastic petri dishes…I’m talking about the common values and beliefs of a community. I was curious about the culture that we live in and looked up the top trends on Google. These are the top 10 results that were trending…