This new digest explores what research tells us about preparing and supporting teachers to provide effective, assets-based literacy instruction for English learners and Emerging Bilinguals (EL/EBs). It highlights promising practices from teacher education programs nationwide—including case examples, field-based learning models, and bilingual instructional strategies that bridge knowledge into practice.

At a time when nearly one in four students in U.S. classrooms are emergent bilinguals, this resource underscores how teacher preparation programs can build the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to ensure equitable literacy outcomes for all students.

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