Multilingualism is often described as an asset, but sustaining it requires much more than simply valuing students’ languages. What opportunities do young people have to learn and use their heritage languages? And how do policies and practices surrounding them shape whether those…
A change in education policy can shift what happens in a student’s classroom, which courses they can take, or the support they receive at school. For multilingual students, what happens as those policies make their way from paper into practice? And how…
How can subtle interactional choices in the classroom dramatically expand participation and bridge content learning in subjects like mathematics for multilingual students? Former IB international primary teacher Dr. Simay Cirit brings a grounded, real-world perspective to second language learning and teaching in…
Can artificial intelligence support multilingual learners in the classroom? Or can it unintentionally overlook the linguistic strengths they bring? As AI-powered tools become increasingly common in K–12 education, these questions become more urgent than ever. They are also the questions driving the…
The Responsible AI for Learning (TRAIL) Lab, led by Shamya Karumbaiah, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at UW-Madison, conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of learning sciences, learning analytics, artificial intelligence, and human-centered design. The lab focuses on developing a scientific…