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#LearningNeverStops. CAL is offering weekly professional development webinars to teachers and parents of ELs & language learners! View our list of content and sign up for our next webinar!
Partnership Embassy of Mexico
“Bilingualism is Our Shared Identity”: Mexican Embassy and the Center for Applied Linguistics Opens Doors to Hundreds of Authentic Spanish Language Resources Online
Professional Development
CAL Institutes: Learn and Earn Credit
NEW! Memoirs of an Advocate
NOW AVAILABLE! "Living proof of the difference that one person can make within this complex world. This memoir shows us how [Peter Roos] did it."
News from CAL
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded the University of Houston (UH) a multi-year, $10 million grant to establish a national research and development center for English learners at the University’s Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics (TIMES). The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is one of six other key investigative partners subcontracted by the UH to provide outreach and leadership support, including hosting an annual conference to build the national, regional and local infrastructure in disseminating and encouraging the adoption of research-based policies.
Education as a Right: An Interview With Peter Roos
July 2, 2020
Civil rights lawyer, Peter Roos, who was recently featured in Education Week and Language Magazine, sat down with CAL to speak about his time arguing to the Supreme Court, including the 1982 landmark decision, Plyler v Doe. In the interview, Roos offers hopeful advice for the next generation of education and equity advocates.
Board of Trustees Calls for an End to Systemic Racism
June 5, 2020
A first step in this direction is to add our name in support of Black Lives Matter. It is a small step, but it communicates our clear position on the significance of the issues before us.
What K-12 Schools Can Do with Congressional COVID Funding
June 1, 2020
The CARES Act, part of Congress's coronavirus relief package, set aside $13.2 billion specifically for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. Now, school districts are weighing what to do about their school budgets for the upcoming school year:
How can the funds be used? What limitations are there? And how much does each state get?