Tag: Bilingual Education
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.
EdSource staff
September 23, 2014
Report focuses attention on English learners
As accountability for student progress in California becomes more local, a new report by advocacy group EdTrust-West focuses on how school districts can better educate their English learners, who comprise nearly one in four students in the state.
Susan Frey
July 29, 2014
Bilingual education could make a comeback
After nearly two decades, bilingual education in California could be about to stage a resurgence. Since the passage of Proposition 227 in 1998, it has been illegal to teach public school children in a language other than English without express permission from their parents, among other requirements. That could be about to change.