A new brief showcases just how the state is dealing with its ESOL learners.
Sammi Wong
Sammi Wong is a Summer 2016 intern for the Education Policy program. She is a member of the Dual Language Learner National Work Group. Before joining New America, she taught as a bilingual lead teacher at Bridgeport Child Development Center in Chicago as a Teach For America corp member. She holds a master of science in Early Childhood Education from Dominican University and a bachelor of arts in Print and Digital Journalism from the University of Southern California.
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