The Impact of Immigration & English Language Learners on Education in Hawaii

January 18, 8:30am - 2:30pm
Mānoa Campus, 2515 Dole Street, Richardson Law School, Classroom 2

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Please join us for a Hawaii Educational Policy Center Conference cosponsored by the College of Education, the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, and the William S. Richardson School of Law.

The keynote speaker will be Professor Kathryn Davis from the Second Language Studies department. She will provide her perspective on the current state and future of English Language education in Hawaii and beyond.

One panel of experts will examine some of the legal dimensions of immigration and language education in Hawaii. William Hoshijo, the Executive Director of the Hawaii Civil Right Commission, will discuss language use and language learning as a civil rights issue in the history of Hawaii. Joakim Peters will discuss the legal and cultural challenges faced by families and young people coming to Hawaii from Compact of Free Association nations. Victor Gemiani, Executive Director of Lawyers for Equal Justice/Appleseed will discuss the educational rights of ELL students in Hawaii’s public schools.

A second panel will explore the challenges and opportunities created by immigrant and ELL students for educational policy makers in Hawaii. The panel will consist of: Andy Weigand, Coordinator of ELL services for the DOE; ELL teacher/coordinator Diane Murakami; professor and researcher in the Second Language Studies department, Dr. Graham Crookes; and Dr. Patricia Halagao, a professor in the Department of Curriculum Studies and member of the Board of Education.

Ideally, the conference will not only provide a wealth of information on the topic of immigration and ELL, but also spark important discussion about educational policy choices facing Hawaii in the future. And we hope you will be part of that discussion.

Please RSVP at the lskillin@hawaii.edu

Event Sponsor
Law School, Mānoa Campus

More Information
956-3000, ramonahu@hawaii.edu

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