Bilingual Education

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.

Lillian Mongeau

September 12, 2011

Bilingualism to be encouraged through "State Seal of Biliteracy"

Louis Freedberg