It was summer of 2015 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Our dual immersion program was about to enter our 25th year! Meanwhile, our transitional bilingual programs across the district were overflowing with newcomer students. Fortunately, we have had strong leadership guiding our programs for many years. Program design had always been based on research and followed principles of effective practices for bilinguals. However, it was time for us to revisit our approach and to better understand the challenges of developing bilinguals.
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