Scott E. Grapin Wins Education Policy Prize for Article

Teaching English as a second language is a team sport!

That’s the basic finding of a Hunter researcher in an article that won this years’ James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts.

Assistant Education Professor Scott E. Grapin won The International Research Foundation for English Language Education award for “District Supervisors’ Sensemaking and Implementation of English Language Development Standards: WIDA 2020 Edition.”

“Scott’s findings are significant; they will strengthen instruction for bilingual students and ensure classrooms reflect and support how they learn,” said Klara and Larry Silverstein Dean Julie Gorlewski.

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