50 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling supporting multilingual learners with Lau v. Nichols. Today, 50 years after Lau v. Nichols, every state in the union celebrates multilingual learners with the state Seal of Biliteracy! Let’s celebrate the bilingual America!
Seal of Biliteracy Goes Nationwide, Language Magazine, January 2021.
Minnesota Bilingual Seal with Performance at Proficiency Levels Along the Way, The Language Educator, Fall 2020.
2020 National Seal of Biliteracy Report for 2018-2019 Academic Year.
2019 National Seal of Biliteracy Report for 2017-2018 Academic Year.
The Truth About Bilingualism: It’s Only for Some Students, Education Week, January 2019.
What Are College Credits and Why Do They Matter? Academic Approach, August 16, 2021.
A Comparative Case Study: Administrators’ and Students’ Perceptions of the Seal of Biliteracy, Foreign Language Annals, 53 (3), 458-477. See the video abstract on YouTube.
Global Initiatives in North Carolina: The Impact on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners, Dimension 2020.
Prioritizing Multilingualism in U.S. Schools: States’ Policy Journeys to Enact the Seal of Biliteracy, Educational Policy, September 2018.
Recognizing Whose Bilingualism? A Critical Policy Analysis of the Seal of Biliteracy, The Modern Language Journal, 103 (2), 371-390.
The Seal of Biliteracy: Adding Students’ Voices to the Conversation, Bilingual Research Journal, 41 (3), 312-328.
The Seal of Biliteracy: Case Studies and Considerations for Policy Implementation, Information Age Publishing, 2020.
The Seal of Biliteracy: Considering Equity and Access for English Learners, Education Policy Analysis Archives, 26 (99), 1-12.
The Seal of Biliteracy: Successes and Challenges to Implementation, Foreign Language Annals, 51 (2), 275-289. See the video abstract on YouTube.
The Seal of Biliteracy: Variations in Policy and Outcomes, Foreign Language Annals, 50 (3), 486-499. See the video abstract on YouTube.