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The Literacy and Languages (L&L) Concentration prepares you with core knowledge about how language and literacy skills support school achievement and promote student outcomes, locally and globally. In this concentration, you will explore literacy from developmental, academic, and cultural perspectives and learn how to support literacy across the life span for all learners, including multilingual and multiliterate learners, members of communities of color, and learners with special needs. Graduates may pursue positions in policy, practice, or the research and nonprofit worlds, in roles as varied as researcher, literacy start-up founder, classroom teacher, curriculum director or coach, preK12 administrator, policy leader at the district or state level, and literacy test developer.