Here are 6 articles that are trending this week in Ellevation's ELL Community:

• From New America, Ingrid T. Colón discusses the economic benefits of bilingualism and the larger consequences of home language loss. 

• The Washington Post education writer and columnist Jay Matthews shows how the Seal of Biliteracy might help change perceptions of bilingual students, particularly those from underserved school districts. 

• From Seidlitz Education's blog, Nancy Motley highlights strategies for targeting talk so English learners can better acquire academic English. 

• In an article published in SmartBrief, Sean Carter provides 3 strategies that schools can use to help refugees and their families access educational services. 

• From Education Week, Corey Mitchell outlines some of the possible pitfalls that ESSA may have for English learners. The topic is covered more deeply in a new report by the Migration Policy Institute. 

• The 74's Mark Keierleber provides an important update on DACA and the nearly 100K undocumented students who graduate from high school each year. 

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