This two-part podcast from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) is hosted by Beatriz Ceja, Deputy Assistant Secretary at OELA, and addresses topics associated with English learners’ access to postsecondary education. The podcast features an exceptional panel of experts: Dr. Yasko Kano, Professor of Language Education at Boston University; Dr. Sam Riggs, Principal Researcher at Education Northwest; Dra. J. Joy Esquierdo, Interim Vice Provost for the Office for Bilingual Integration at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; and Dr. Jason Greenberg-Motamedi, Senior Researcher at Education Northwest.
In Part I of the podcast, Dr. Kano presents on the topic of English learners’ transition from high school to postsecondary education. She is followed by Dr. Riggs, who discusses English learner students’ participation in accelerated learning and describes Oregon’s accelerated learning dashboard.