<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">New Brief: Key Policy Priorities for Supporting Dual Language Learners</h1> <hr><div style="font-family:simplonmedium;color:white;margin-bottom:5px">February 6, 2015</div> <div class=""> <div id="primary" class=""> <div class=""> <div class=""> <span class=""><a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-178613660/stock-photo-construction-site.html?src=xxoVAGbGGSutwstGCU8Nfw-1-23&ws=1">Shutterstock</a></span> <span class=""></span> </div> <div id="specificcontent"> <p>While New America’s Dual Language Learners National Work Group <a href="http://www.edcentral.org/dllworkgrouplaunch/">launched publicly</a>
earlier this month, we actually began our work some weeks earlier at a
small convening at our offices here in Washington, D.C. The Work Group
brought together a variety of dual language learner
(DLL) stakeholders—educators, administrators, parents, researchers,
policymakers, advocates, and representatives of the philanthropic
community—to discuss key challenges for improving how American schools
serve these students.</p> <p>The convening, Better Policies for Dual
Language Learners, provided the Work Group with a day full of lively
discussions between DLL experts from a variety of fields. In order to
build on these conversations and share them with the broader education
policy community, the Work Group published a short brief today
synthesizing key takeaways from the event.</p> <p>The brief, <a href="http://www.edcentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Better_Policies_For_DLLs-2.5.2015_pages-1.pdf"><i>Better Policies for Dual Language Learners: Bridging Research, Policy, Implementation, and Classroom Practice</i></a>,
summarizes presentations from the convening. State policymakers and
advocates from Minnesota, California, and New York joined district
administrators and researchers from these and other states to provide
convening participants with updates from the cutting edge of DLL
reforms.</p> <p>The brief also captures points of consensus and
disagreement from the day’s discussions. For instance, while essentially
all participants raised concerns regarding inadequate funding for
supporting DLLs’ linguistic and academic growth, there was less
unanimity about appropriate ways to hold schools and districts
accountable for serving DLLs well.</p> <p><a href="http://www.edcentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Better_Policies_For_DLLs-2.5.2015_pages-1.pdf">To download a free copy of the brief (PDF), click here.</a></p> <p>One
note: This is the first of the Work Group’s convenings this year. But
we are already planning several other 2015 meetings to share our work
and collect more wisdom from the broader community of DLL stakeholders.
Stay tuned!</p> <p><i>Note: This post is part of New America’s Dual Language Learner National Work Group. </i><i><a href="http://www.edcentral.org/dllworkgrouplaunch/">Click here for more information on this team’s work.</a></i></p></div> </div> <a href="http://www.edcentral.org/category/prek-12/earlyed/" rel="category tag">Early Ed</a>, <a href="http://www.edcentral.org/category/featured/" rel="category tag">Featured</a>, <a href="http://www.edcentral.org/category/frontpage/" rel="category tag">Front Page</a>, <a href="http://www.edcentral.org/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.edcentral.org/category/prek-12/" rel="category tag">PreK-12</a> </div> </div> <h4 class="">Author Spotlight</h4><div class=""><img src="http://www.edcentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/15290117782_bd0bd163b7_q-96x96.jpg" alt="Conor P. Williams" class="" height="96" width="96"></div><div id="author-spotlight"><div id="author-profile"><a href="http://www.edcentral.org/author/conorwilliams/"><h5>Conor Williams</h5></a><div id="author-description">Conor
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the New America Foundation. Before joining New America, he taught first
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