New America, a think tank and civic enterprise working to renew American prosperity in the Digital Age, has released a policy paper titled “Multilingual Paraprofessionals: An Untapped Resource for Supporting American Pluralism,” that offers insight into diversifying the language skills of American teachers.
Nearly one in four U.S. children speak a non-English language at home, and around one in eight U.S. teachers speak a non-English language at home.
