April 24, 2025
Texas offers more bilingual education than California and backs it up with more funding.
We visit an elementary school and a middle school in Austin, Texas, where students learn in Spanish and English. And we talk with a researcher about why Texas is so much farther ahead than California in bilingual education.
Guests:
- Conor Williams, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
- Wendell Norris Marquez, Pre-AP Spanish Teacher, Lively Middle School, Austin Independent School District
- Yadi Landaverde, Teacher, Perez Elementary School, Austin Independent School District
- Caroline Sweet, Dual-language Instructional Coach, Perez Elementary School, Austin Independent School District
- Emil, Hennri Jossue, Iker, Luis and Mathilda, Fourth graders, Perez Elementary School, Austin Independent School District
- Ximena Macias, Student Teacher, Perez Elementary School, Austin Independent School District
- Antonia Vincent, AP Spanish Teacher, Lively Middle School, Austin Independent School District
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Education Beat is a weekly podcast, hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.
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