CAL Presentation: Affecting Policy through Coalition: the National English Learner Roundtable

Event: TESOL Conference 2026
Date & Time: March 25, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Session Format: Roundtable
Presenter(s):

     Diep Nguyen (Center for Applied Linguistics)

     Merica Clinkenbeard (NAELPA)

     Jeff Hutcheson (TESOL International Association)

     Margarita Machado-Casas (NABE)

     Jenni Mondi De Torres (WIDA)

Description: 

The National English Learner Roundtable represents over 20 organizations whose members are serving multilingual learners of English and their educators, schools, and communities in the United States. Panelists from partner associations will provide an overview of activities and efforts to affect positive policy for English learners in U.S. public education.