Winning the Future: Bilingual Education

Panel Objectives:

Understand the policy on bilingualism in the United States for grades K-12.
Hear the experience of a local university that implemented an English/Spanish bilingual education model.
Understand strategies for supporting the teaching of Spanish at all levels.

Speakers:

Gary Chico –Chairman, Illinois State Board of Education
Beatriz Ponce de León – CPS Office of Language and Cultural Education, Bilingual Education and World Language Initiative Project Manager
Laura Maristany – Executive Director of Legislative Affairs, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
Paul Schroeder Rodriguez – Professor and Chair Department of World Languages and Cultures, Northeastern Illinois University
Reyna Hernández - Assistant Superintendent of English Language Learning and Early Childhood, Illinois State Board of Education