Office of English Language Acquisition National Professional Development Grant Program: Research on Schools, Teachers, and Communities

This TESOL Journal Special Issue editorial team is pleased to share with the larger TESOL/Bilingual Education scholarly community this unique collection of articles that stem from work related to the U.S. Office of English Language Acquisition's National Professional Development (NPD) grants program. This special issue focuses on scholarly work from current and historic NPD projects throughout the U.S. on teacher preparation programs, districts, schools, educators, students, and families. The articles highlight a variety of approaches to transforming pre-service teacher education and in-service professional development in the interest of multilingual student achievement and family/community inclusion. This special issue will be the first collection of work that highlights and documents the large-scale reach of the NPD projects across the U.S.