Becoming biliterate better, not faster

Literacy Squared® is an instructional framework designed to promote bilingualism and biliteracy in Spanish and English for bilingual students in U.S. schools. Our framework includes methods, strategies, and assessment tools for teaching students to read and write in both languages.

Latest Whitepaper:

Biliteracy Trajectories: Supporting Literacy Development in Two Languages

This whitepaper was a collaboration between Literacy Squared® and Renaissance Learning.
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Puebla Summer Institute 2025: June 19-24, 2025

Join us for this powerful 1 week institute designed to build knowledge and skills about the education of emerging bilingual learners. The institute is designed for both novice and experienced K-12 teachers and school administrators.
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Mission

The mission of Literacy Squared® is to develop an instructional model that strengthens bilingualism and biliteracy in Spanish and English while also developing the assessment tools and research base to support and advance biliteracy education in the U.S.

Biliteracy is a higher form of literacy than monoliteracy.

Professional Development

Literacy Squared® offers professional development sessions for PK-5 teachers and administrators, available both in-person and online. These sessions explore theoretical foundations, the key components of the Literacy Squared Holistic Biliteracy framework, innovative instructional strategies, cross-language connections, and biliterate reading and writing assessment trajectories.

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We have conducted online and in-person professional development for schools and districts across the United States since 2003.

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