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  MISSION

Empowering equitable education for diverse learners and their communities
The BUENO Center advocates for equitable education for culturally and linguistically diverse learners, their families, and educators. Through relevant research and comprehensive professional learning, we strive to advance social justice, improve lives, and strengthen communities.

  VISION

Creating inclusive pathways for all learners to reach their full potential
We envision inclusive schools and communities where all learners can reach their full potential. By building pathways, promoting asset-based discussions, and innovating teaching methods, we aim to be the leading research center for culturally and linguistically diverse learners, their families, and educators.

  OVERVIEW

Since 1976, the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education has been an integral part of the School of Education at the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ. Through a comprehensive range of research, training, and service projects, the Center strongly promotes quality education with an emphasis on cultural pluralism. The Center is deeply committed to facilitating equal educational opportunities for cultural and language minority students. The Center also disseminates research findings and related information through various Center publications. Funding for some Center programs is provided through grants and contracts from the U.S. Department of Education.

BUENO's policy center focuses on bilingual and multicultural educational issues as they relate to policy and in related fields like sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, language learning, innovative strategies of language teaching, language planning and language assessment that are relevant to the development of language and educational policy.