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Este artículo de WIDA Español explora el transculturalismo y ofrece estrategias para incorporar esta ideología en la instrucción de las artes del lenguaje del español.

Nicole Maier Reitz is a Title 1/English Language Learner Coordinator in the Park County School District #1 in Powell, Wyoming. This is Nicole’s sixth year in her position and 24th year teaching.

In this letter to the WIDA community, WIDA Founder and Director Tim Boals discusses ACCESS for ELLs testing during the 2020-21 school year.

WIDA answers key questions on administering ACCESS for ELLs in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years.

In this edition of Conversations with Tim, Tim talks to WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework researcher Fernanda Kray. Together, they unpack the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition and walk through how the 2020 Edition came to be, how to use it and, most importantly, how to get a copy.

HeeGyoung Song is an English to Speakers of Other Languages teacher at Warford Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri. This is HeeGyoung’s 13th year teaching English language learners in her school district.

After two years of development, WIDA proudly announces the release of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition: Kindergarten–Grade 12. Included in the 2020 Edition is a robust standards framework, grade-level cluster materials, sample collaborative planning process, and more.

Five online modules and a specialized webinar make up the current professional learning offerings available through WIDA Early Years eLearning. These offerings are available at no additional cost to early care and education (ECE) professionals in WIDA Early Years member states. This article provides an overview of the content covered in each WIDA Early Years eLearning offering.

WIDA Early Years invites you to pause with us for a moment and feel the gratitude we send through this message to the ECE professionals we have had the pleasure of building relationships with over this unprecedented 2020 year.

In a letter to educators, Tim Boals, WIDA founder and director, reflects on 2020 and looks ahead to 2021.