Immigrants are more than political talking points. How have your English learners inspired you today? diversity.utexas.edu/2017/06/04/com…

What are MDE’s hopes and dreams for English Learners’ education in MI? Checkout our newly released doc: A Strategic Vision for English Learners! michigan.gov/documents/mde/…

Shoutout to the 36 MI educators who helped create MDE’s EL Strategic Vision! This also included 8 MI college/uni professors and reps from both MI’s premier English language focused professional orgs MITESOL & MABE! THIS is what a great collaboration can get you!

Michigan BELIEVES in Guiding Principle 1! #MiLovesLanguages @MichiganELs

FUN ALERT: $100 Amazon Card Drawing for MI Educators: tag MDE's EL Strategic Vision, use #MILovesLanguages, create a video of you/colleagues/students saying “MI loves languages”. Each video gets 1 entry into the drawing. Only current k-12 MI educators are eligible to win. Ends Oct. 31.

The results are in! And the winners of the October MI Loves Languages challenge are (insert drumroll): Carol Burke and Laura Schadoux. Congrats to you both!