Paula Markus is the former ESL Coordinator for the Toronto District School Board (District), home to about 40,000 English language learners (ELLs).
Dr. Diane August is a Managing Director affiliated with the American Institutes for Research and a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Applied Linguistics.
Dr. Rosalinda B. Barrera is the former assistant deputy secretary and director of the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA).
Dr. Kenji Hakuta is the Co-Chair of Stanford University's Understanding Language initiative and a leading expert in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards with ELLs.
Dr. Pedro Noguera is a sociologist at New York University whose work focuses on the impact of demographics, as well as of social and economic conditions, on schools around the country. The author of numerous books and scholarly articles, Dr.
Gabriela Uro is Manager for English Language Learner Policy and Research for the Council of the Great City Schools
Dr. Joanne H. Urrutia previously served as the Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition. In this interview with Colorín Colorado, Dr.
Dr. Ellen Bernstein is the President of the Albuquerque Federation of Teachers.
Ida Demos is a middle school teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico and a member of the eighth-grade cadre in our Common Core in Albuquerque project.