Toward a Bilingual Future for English Learners

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Bilingual education has been proven to support all students’ second language acquisition, literacy development, and academic achievement. The benefits of bilingual education hold particular promise for the 5.3 million students identified as English learners (ELs) in the U.S. Yet, many EL students lack access to programs that support their development towards becoming bilingual and biliterate. With the shrinking federal role, states and school districts have an opportunity to lead in implementing asset-based approaches to EL education, including expanding bilingual education.

Please join SEAL and New America for a webinar on June 25, 2025 from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT where we will reflect on the evolution of English learner education in the U.S., unravel misconceptions about language education, and refresh attendees on the benefits of bilingual education for ELs.

The webinar will feature a panel discussion with bilingual education researchers and a moderated conversation with a school system leader about how they have utilized bilingual education to advance academic success for their students. These conversations will elevate effective practices and policies, highlight challenges and solutions, and emphasize the continued need to invest in bilingual education.

School District Conversation
Moderator: Tara García Mathewson, Investigative Education Reporter for CalMatters and The Markup

Featured School District: Azusa Unified School District

Norma Camacho, Assistant Superintendent K-12, Azusa Unified School District

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Martha I.Martinez, PhD., Head of Research & Evaluation at SEAL

Ilana Umansky, PhD., Associate Professor, College of Education, Education Policy and Leadership, Quantitative Research Methods in Education at the University of Oregon
Kate Menken, Ed.D., Professor of Linguistics and Research Fellow at the Research Institute for the Study of Language in an Urban Society, Queens College, CUNY
Christine Montecillo Leider, PhD., Assistant Professor, Multilingual Learner Education at UMass Lowell
Magaly Lavadenz, PhD., Endowed Professor of Moral and Ethical Leadership and Founding Executive Director of the Center for Equity for English Learners, Loyola Marymount University

Key Topics:

What agile event programs are and why they're essential

Strategies and tools for building agile event marketing

How to scale agile event programs without losing brand integrity or valuable data

Steps you can take right now to introduce agile event marketing into your business

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Bilingual education has been proven to support all students’ second language acquisition, literacy development, and academic achievement. The benefits of bilingual education hold particular promise for the 5.3 million students identified as English learners (ELs) in the U.S. Yet, many EL students lack access to programs that support their development towards becoming bilingual and biliterate. With the shrinking federal role, states and school districts have an opportunity to lead in implementing asset-based approaches to EL education, including expanding bilingual education.

Please join SEAL and New America for a webinar on June 25, 2025 from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT where we will reflect on the evolution of English learner education in the U.S., unravel misconceptions about language education, and refresh attendees on the benefits of bilingual education for ELs.

The webinar will feature a panel discussion with bilingual education researchers and a moderated conversation with a school system leader about how they have utilized bilingual education to advance academic success for their students. These conversations will elevate effective practices and policies, highlight challenges and solutions, and emphasize the continued need to invest in bilingual education.

School District Conversation
Moderator: Tara García Mathewson, Investigative Education Reporter for CalMatters and The Markup

Featured School District: Azusa Unified School District

Norma Camacho, Assistant Superintendent K-12, Azusa Unified School District

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Martha I.Martinez, PhD., Head of Research & Evaluation at SEAL

Ilana Umansky, PhD., Associate Professor, College of Education, Education Policy and Leadership, Quantitative Research Methods in Education at the University of Oregon
Kate Menken, Ed.D., Professor of Linguistics and Research Fellow at the Research Institute for the Study of Language in an Urban Society, Queens College, CUNY
Christine Montecillo Leider, PhD., Assistant Professor, Multilingual Learner Education at UMass Lowell
Magaly Lavadenz, PhD., Endowed Professor of Moral and Ethical Leadership and Founding Executive Director of the Center for Equity for English Learners, Loyola Marymount University

Your Hosts

Lucy Hernandez

Chief Creative Officer

Openform

Lucy Hernandez is senior director of product marketing at Openform, where her goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

Openform

Leo Di Salvo is the Senior Technology Consultant at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Run of show

12:00PM

Webinar Begins

Opening remarks from your hosts

12:15PM

5-Tips

5 Tips for Creating Virtual Events

12:45PM

Closing

Final remarks from your hosts

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Resource List

01

A Guide to Agile Event Programs that Can Survive Anything

Explore why the most dynamic leaders are building strategies for agile event marketing with a focus on scaling in-person and virtual events that are fast, flexible, and hyper-effective at driving meaningful connections.

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02

Crisis Mode: Ideas for Managing Events in Challenging Situations

Learn strategies, experiences and lessons learned from top event marketing leaders who have walked through the fire more than once and lived to talk about it.

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03

How to Build a Rock Solid Agile Events Program

The old way of doing event marketing—a large, inflexible investment in a small number of tentpole events—doesn't fit into a business world that demands adaptability and speed.

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