ABOUT
The National Committee for Effective Literacy uplifts research, policies, and practices to ensure that emergent bilinguals leave school as proficient readers and writers in English — and preferably more languages — and who thrive and succeed in school and their communities.
Our national committee has been formed in response to the narrow approach of the science of reading and to expand thinking on literacy instruction for English learners/emergent bilinguals.
We are researchers, teacher educators, teachers, administrators, school board members, and advocates from across the nation with deep expertise in literacy and the education of emergent bilingual/multilingual students.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- Génesis Aguilar Chávez, Poder Pedagogy
- Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz, UC Merced/CABE
- Dr. Tamara Alsace, CUNY Initiative on Immigration in Education
- Dr. Elizabeth Alvarado, Californians Together
- Dr. Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Brooklyn College, CUNY
- Dr. Robin Morales Cabral, Kansas State University
- Dr. Margarita Calderón, Johns Hopkins University
- Dr. Maria Coady, North Carolina State University
- Dr. Nancy Commins, University of Colorado, Denver
- Dr. Jessica Costa, Instruction Partners
- Dr. Ester de Jong, University of Colorado, Denver
- Dr. Esteban Diaz, CSU San Bernardino
- Dr. Kathy Escamilla, University of Colorado Boulder
- Dr. Barbara Flores, CABE (California Association for Bilingual Education)
- Rubí Flores, CABE (California Association for Bilingual Education)
- Dr. Danling Fu, University of Florida
- Dr. Margarita Gonzalez-Amador, Californians Together
- Phyllis Hardy, Multistate Association for Bilingual Education-Northeast, Inc. (MABE)
- Martha Hernandez, Californians Together
- Dr. Socorro Herrera, Kansas State University
- Dr. Anya Hurwitz, SEAL (Sobrato Early Academic Language)
- Dr. Susana Ibarra Johnson, New Mexico State University
- Suzy Jacobson, Californians Together
- Dr. Mónica Lara, Seidlitz Education
- Amelia Larson, Summit K12
- Dr. Magaly Lavadenz, CEEL (Center for Equity for English Learners)
- Dr. Chris Montecillo Leider, University of Massachusetts Boston
- Dr. Martha Martinez, SEAL (Sobrato Early Academic Language)
- Dr. Laurie Olsen, Californians Together
- Dr. Ryan Pontier, Florida International University
- David Rogers, Dual Language Education New Mexico
- Nadeen Ruiz, California State University Sacramento
- Dr. Carol Salva, Seidlitz Education
- Cristina Sánchez-López, Paridad
- Dr. Jody Slavick, University of Colorado Boulder
- Dr. Sonia W. Soltero, DePaul University
- Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, Californians Together
- Dr. Julie Sugarman, Migration Policy Institute
- Dr. Patricia Venegas-Weber, University of Washington-Seattle
- Victoria Weiss, Californians Together
- Jeanne-Marie Wright, Washington Association for Bilingual Education
- Martha Zaragoza Diaz, CABE (California Association for Bilingual Education)
- Dr. Xiaodi Zhou, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley