ELLSA 2025

The past decade has unbolted learning from the physical space of the classroom and accelerated the evolution of education: from factory schools of the industrial era to personalized, multimodal and digitized ecosystems of the twenty-first century. Most international schools have become more diverse and more inclusive in the past two decades, and both multilingualism and neurodiversity contribute layers of richness and complexity to the classroom. Centering the voices of students and families, particularly those at the margins, helps us to better understand the intersection of language, identity and learning. And when we can build on the assets of all learners, we can transform today’s schools - to produce tomorrow’s global leaders, international scholars and transnational agents of change.