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Dr. Elenita Irizarry Ramos Featured as Panelist at UMass Lowell’s Symposium on Bilingual Education

May 3, 2025 Diversity, equity, and inclusion

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Elenita Irizarry Ramos

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.

Article posted in Diversity, equity, and inclusion

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