Valuing Culture and Language

Family using their native language at home
Promoting Positive Ethnic and Cultural Identities:
Watch our “Valuing Our Heritage Language” video series which interviews families about how they value their culture and native language at home.
Benefits of Being Bilingual:
Why Being Bilingual is Good for Your Brain –This 5-minute video shows some benefits in the brain’s neural networking of being a multilingual learner.
Seal of Biliteracy — Here are some additional links to websites that give information and tips about gaining and testing for the Seal of Biliteracy to award students.  The first two are for the Seal of Biliteracy in Maryland and the overview of approved assessments in Maryland.  Next is a comparison of assessment resources.  The last is a partial list of colleges in various states that award credit for earning the Seal of Biliteracy.