Elevando las Expectativas: Proporcionándole a cada estudiante un camino hacia el multilingüismo - Part 1 (December 2023)

This two-part, Spanish language podcast hosted by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) features Montserrat Garibay — Assistant Deputy Secretary & Director of OELA and Melissa Castillo — Senior Advisor at OELA. The conversation centers around the Department of Education’s Raise the Bar initiative, the benefits of multilingualism and ideas for providing pathways to multilingualism for all students. This podcast also features five outstanding panelists: Dr. Aída Walqui — the Director of the National Research and Development Center to Improve English Learner Education at WestEd; Hector Chica— Audit Associate at CohnReznick LLP; Patricia E. Chavez — Director of External Relations at SEAL; Javier Martínez — General Director of National Policy at Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors; and Carmen J. Melendez-Quintero — Director of School Counseling at Worcester Public Schools. Consultant, and Adjunct Professor at Assumption University and Providence College.