Building Literacy Success for Multilingual Learners: Lessons From Two Districts

EL instruction still frequently operates in isolation from core literacy instruction, leaving gaps in both language development and reading achievement. What does it take to close that gap at scale? Join this edLeader Panel with Dr. Antonio Fierro, literacy expert and English language educator, and K-12 district leaders for a candid conversation on building literacy systems that work for multilingual learners. Moderated by Dr. Nicole Florez, literacy expert and Curriculum Designer at IMSE, this session moves beyond theory into practice: what changed when EL instruction became aligned with core classroom teaching, what it took to get buy-in across an entire district, and what th