kevinwongla.bsky.social
Associate Professor @Pepperdine • #BilingualEducation & #Multiraciality • Aspiring picture book author • Editor of CATESOL Journal & The Teacher Advocate • #PhDad • Ephesians 2:10 • he/他/佢 www.kevin-m-wong.com • YouTube➡️@TheBilingualProfessor
👤 Joined on 11 October 2023
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@kevinwongla.bsky.socialI am well aware that across multiple academic communities I have a reputation as someone who works really hard, perhaps bordering on workaholic. My suggestion to anybody entering academia (or already in): don't become a workaholic if you can help it. It's a job, a lovely job, but a job nonetheless
Show PostWhat can we do as educators to help reduce over-diagnosis of Multilingual Learners with learning disabilities? The answers are right in front of us.
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Show PostMultilingual Learners are more than 3.5 times as likely as their English as first language peers to be misdiagnosed with a learning disability. This isn’t a coincidence. It’s a pattern.
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