Gregg Roberts
Director DLI Alliance
DLI Académie de l’AATF
April 12-13, 2025�
”Where Are We with French DLI?”
I am old and no longer have much of a filter! I apologize in advance if any of my frank comments, opinions or humor offend you!
Qui sommes nous?
Louisiana joins in
2018
Monolingualism is the Illiteracy of the 21st Century!
2017 K-12 ENROLLMENT
20% of All Students
Dual Language / Immersion (DLI)
DLI Program 2021 ARC Canvass: Over 3600
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French DLI Schools
(Public LEAs)
2021
Louisiana 39
Utah 39
California 12
New York 11
Massachusetts 11
Georgia 8
North Carolina 7
Minnesota 7 South Carolina 7
Maryland 6
Florida 4
Oregon 4
Colorado 4
Virginia 3
Oklahoma 3
Ohio 3
Texas 2
Wisconsin 2
Illinois 2
Missouri 2
Arizona 1
Indiana 1
Alaska 1
DC 1
Iowa 1
Kentucky 1
French Dual Language Fund
2017
Advanced Verb Tenses and Moods French - Foreign Language
Here is where your presentation begins
8th Grade
How to grow …
French DLI programs
Advocacy�1. Parents�2. School Boards & School Districts�3. Legislators�4. French High School Teachers
How to grow …
French DLI programs
Teachers
Resources
Accountability
Retention
Professional Learning
Teachers
Resources
Retention
Professional Learning
Accountability
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