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Bilingual Education
March 14, 2024
50 years later: How Lau v. Nichols changed education for English learners
Lucinda Lee Katz, the lead plaintiff's first grade teacher, tells how this Supreme Court case began in San Francisco and how it changed education.
Zaidee Stavely
May 18, 2023
Proposed state budget could make becoming a teacher easier
The governor's revised budget could put a dent in California's ongoing teacher shortage by removing obstacles to earning a credential and providing more funds to train teachers for hard-to-fill positions.
Diana Lambert And Zaidee Stavely
May 11, 2023
From English learner to National Bilingual Teacher of the Year
Sonia Águila didn't speak English fluently until high school. Now she's the National Bilingual Teacher of the Year.
Zaidee Stavely
February 16, 2023
How a Hmong immersion program revitalizes language and cross-cultural understanding
A Hmong-English dual language immersion program in Fresno Unified helps children learn their grandparents' language and culture.
EdSource staff
February 13, 2023
Hmong is a ‘dying’ language – but it’s being preserved at this Fresno school
Many children of Hmong immigrants do not know their parents' native language well. The community does not have a separate nation in Southeast Asia.
Ashleigh Panoo
May 5, 2022
Looking for bilingual teachers in our own backyards
Some say we need to look beyond colleges and instead find new bilingual teachers among bus drivers, teachers' aides, and attendance clerks.
EdSource staff
June 1, 2021
California bilingual programs ready to grow after slowing during pandemic
Some school districts were forced to pause their expansion plans for new dual language immersion programs due to the pandemic.
Zaidee Stavely And Betty Márquez Rosales
March 10, 2021
Quick Guide: California's road map for students learning English
A guide to California's English Learner Roadmap, which provides guidance on how to be responsive to the needs of English learner students by giving meaningful and accessible instruction, aligning goals across education systems, and more.
Betty Márquez Rosales
September 23, 2019
San Diego State University program latest to take aim at preparing more diverse, bilingual teachers
Three San Diego area community colleges will send 100 students annually to San Diego State’s bilingual credentials program.
Michael Burke
March 19, 2019
New training for California preschool teachers to help bilingual children prepare for kindergarten
The trainings teach preschool teachers how to help children learn English and keep their home languages, so they can be more successful in kindergarten and beyond.
Zaidee Stavely
October 2, 2018
Amidst teacher shortage new funds help districts train more bilingual teachers
New state funds, available through The Bilingual Teacher Professional Development grants, are helping more school districts and county offices of education to increase the number of bilingual teachers in the state.
Ashley Hopkinson
July 19, 2018
California must continue to lead in closing the bilingual skills gap
In addition to English and Spanish, proficiency in other languages is also important
David Bong
May 2, 2018
Educators face new challenges in 'superdiverse' classrooms where multiple languages are spoken
Researchers focused on classrooms where more than five languages are spoken.
Ashley Hopkinson
April 16, 2018
Focusing on the language skills of English Learners key to boosting math scores
An Education Trust–West report highlights successful strategies some California districts implemented to improve English learners' performance in math.