Education actors in the United States are increasingly promoting language skills development of our students. The Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) has grown into a popular initiative to promote biliteracy and recognize students who demonstrate skills in English and another language. However, the language used to promote biliteracy and the criteria put in place to award the SoBL risk exacerbating differences in opportunities between linguistic communities rather than promote speakers of all languages. Minnesota introduced the SoBL through a law explicitly aimed at supporting education for English language learners. This paper critically reviews the goals of the SoBL initiative, describes the approaches Minnesota has taken to support English language learners to earn the seal and discusses the practical challenges schools and districts face. States and districts need to explicitly address these barriers to avoid increasing inequities through the SoBL.

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公平的障碍：承认明尼苏达州所有学生的双语能力

美国的教育工作者越来越多地促进我们学生的语言技能发展。双语印章 (SoBL) 已发展成为一项广受欢迎的倡议，旨在促进双语能力并表彰在英语和其他语言方面表现出技能的学生。然而，用于促进双语能力的语言和授予 SoBL 的标准可能会加剧语言社区之间的机会差异，而不是促进所有语言的使用者。明尼苏达州通过一项明确旨在支持英语学习者教育的法律引入了 SoBL。本文批判性地回顾了 SoBL 计划的目标，描述了明尼苏达州为支持英语学习者获得印章而采取的方法，并讨论了学校和地区面临的实际挑战。