Tag: Bilingual Education
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.
Ashley Hopkinson
December 14, 2017
Grants aim to increase California's supply of bilingual teachers
Four California school districts and four county offices of education will each receive $625,000 to train bilingual teachers for new classes.
Theresa Harrington
September 10, 2017
Bilingual education advocates celebrate first new policy for English language learners in 20 years
The State Board of Education adopted the first new language policy in 20 years — the English Learner Roadmap, an online resource for school districts that will help guide curriculum, instruction and standards for the 1.4 million English learners in the state’s public schools.
Ashley Hopkinson
August 24, 2017
Voter initiative opens door to expansion of popular dual language immersion programs
The new law that governs language instruction in California is making way for districts to expand bilingual programs.
Ashley Hopkinson
August 21, 2017
Spanish-speaking teachers getting special training to meet California's demand for more bilingual teachers
As districts expand bilingual programs, they're ramping up training so teachers who speak Spanish can teach Common Core and standards for English learners.
Theresa Harrington
July 12, 2017
California must take steps to grow the bilingual teacher workforce
Teacher shortage limits districts' ability to expand bilingual offerings.
Vickie Ramos Harris and Shelly Spiegel-Coleman
July 11, 2017
New funds available to train bilingual teachers in California
An advocacy group for English learners says the $5 million in new state money to train more bilingual teachers is a "first step," and warns that Proposition 58 has worsened a severe shortage of bilingual teachers.
Ashley Hopkinson
January 6, 2017
A new era for bilingual education: explaining California's Proposition 58
The law reverses the English-only mandate voters passed in 1998.
Ashley Hopkinson
November 14, 2016
Bilingual education vote in California another shift from bitter 1990s conflicts
Voter support for the ballot measure reflects the state's movement toward a multiracial and multiethnic society.
Louis Freedberg
November 9, 2016
Voters back all three education initiatives on California ballot
State propositions extend tax on wealthy residents, fund a $9 billion construction bond and repeal English-only instruction law.
Theresa Harrington, John Fensterwald, and Ashley Hopkinson
November 2, 2016
Schools to face teacher shortage if voters end ban on bilingual education
If the ballot measure passes, it will likely increase the demand for bilingual teachers, who are already in short supply.
Ashley Hopkinson
October 23, 2016
Teachers union mobilizes to boost turnout for education-related initiatives
the California Teachers Association this weekend mobilized supporters to boost voter turnout on behalf of two ballot measures -- Propositions 55 and 58 -- that will have a direct bearing on schools and community colleges.
Louis Freedberg
October 17, 2016
Prop. 58 : Initiative puts bilingual education back in spotlight
The ballot measure would eliminate the English-only requirement voters approved in 1998.
Ashley Hopkinson
October 1, 2014
Gov. Brown acts on student-related bills
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed bills to mandate kindergarten and tinker with aspects of the state’s new school funding formula, and he signed bills providing more protections for student privacy as he rushed to review a sea of bills this week to meet the Sept. 30 deadline for acting on legislation.