
EL Education 2021 Virtual Summit
Virtual Event
- Dates
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- Grade Level
K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
- Audience
All Educators
- Eligibility
Public, EL Education Partners
Lifting Our Gaze: Students Lead The Way
Remarkable things are possible when education is something done with students, not to students. That’s why the the 2021 EL Education Virtual Summit was co-designed and co-facilitated by students, attended by a diverse community of more than 700 researchers, students, educators, and experts. Review the catalog of more than 50 sessions.
With students at the helm, we refined our roadmap for education through an unprecedented pandemic and its aftermath, charted our path to a new summit, and seized the chance to reimagine stronger schools where all learners experience:
- Instruction and assessment that challenge, engage, and empower learners
- Access to standards-based, content-rich, culturally affirming curriculum
- School culture that fosters positive identity, belonging, agency, and purpose
- Explicit anti-racist discussion, practice, and action
Relive the Learning from ELVS2
Check out these videos from Virtual Summit or view the whole collection here.
ELVS21: Leader Voices on Curriculum as an Engine for Equity
ELVS21: Student and Teacher Voices on Identity and Belonging in Schools
“You Forgot” a Song by Javy Polanco
EL Education Teachers Foster Belonging in Schools
Join The Conversation
Experience more videos from #ELVS21 or join the conversation online using our #ELVS21 hashtag.
Featured Speakers

Naomi Khalil
Senior Executive Director of Equity and Culture – Detroit Public Schools Community District

Minh-Trâm Nguyễn
Principal – EnCompass Academy, Oakland, CA

Dr. Yvette Stewart
Director of Elementary Teaching and Learning – Hamilton County Schools, TN

Roel Mason-Vivit
EL Education Director, Partnerships (Midwest)

Jill Znaczko
Instructional Coach for ELMS (Expeditionary Learning Middle School), Syracuse, New York

Javy Polanco
Student at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

Jasper Cox
Student at The Springfield Renaissance School

Kayla Mitchell
Student at Harborside Academy

Lauren Loy
Student at Big Pine High School

Erick Espin
History teacher at Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)

Renée Hill
Teacher at Palouse Prairie Charter School

Shatera Weaver
Dean of Culture at MELS
Thank You To Our Sponsor
The Sora student reading app, from OverDrive Education, connects 48,000 K-12 schools worldwide with the industry’s largest catalog of ebooks, audiobooks and streaming video. Sora helps schools embrace the future of reading, providing 24/7 access to books and powerful learning tools and insights to meet the needs of students and educators. Sora was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2019. Founded in 1986, OverDrive – the leading digital reading platform for libraries – and OverDrive Education are based in Cleveland, Ohio USA.