Dr. Elenita Irizarry Ramos Featured as Panelist at UMass Lowell’s Symposium on Bilingual Education
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Dr. Elenita Irizarry Ramos, a part-time lecturer with the WMass Bilingual Hub and senior strategist for multilingual learning and dual language education at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, participated as a panelist in the Spring 2025 UMass Lowell School of Education Symposium on Bilingual Education.
The symposium, held on April 2 and centered on the legacy of Lau v. Nichols, featured a keynote presentation by Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney, author of Lau v. Nichols and Chinese American Language Rights: The Sunrise and Sunset of Bilingual Education. The event brought together educators, researchers, and community members to discuss legal, historical, and policy implications for multilingual learners.
Dr. Irizarry Ramos, a respected voice in bilingual and multilingual education in both Massachusetts and Puerto Rico, contributed to a panel discussion reflecting on the ongoing impact of Lau and the 2017 LOOK Act on language rights and bilingual program access in the Commonwealth.