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The 2026 WIDA Annual Conference was in St. Louis, Missouri, under the theme “Building Gateways to Colaboración.” And collaboration didn’t just show up in the title; it ran through nearly every session on the schedule, from the opening keynote to the very last breakout session.
The WIDA Annual Conference draws more than 1500 educators of multilingual learners annually.
The WIDA Consortium is a member-based organization that is dedicated to the research, design and implementation of a high-quality, standards-based system for K-12 English learners.