February 2024 Legislative Update
February marks the bill introduction deadline for the legislature with 2,124 bills introduced by both houses. In this month of love and hearts, it’s not looking rosie for the state’s […]
Category: Bilingual Teacher Pipeline
Bridging California’s Bilingual Teacher Gap in Early Childhood Education
We are pleased to introduce our inaugural policy brief in our series on Dual Language Learners—a thorough examination of the shortage of bilingual early childhood educators in California. Given that 60% of young children […]
What Governor Newsom’s 2024 Budget Proposal Means for English Learners
Yesterday, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget that includes a $291.5 billion spending plan and an expected $37.86 billion shortfall. The overall theme of the press conference was more hopeful than […]
Teacher Preparation and California’s Early Childhood Education Workforce
The following is an excerpt from “Revisiting California’s Expanding Bilingual Teacher Shortage: Addressing Immediate Shortfalls in Early Childhood Education”, the first installment of a comprehensive six-part series on a multitude of […]
Updates from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
On June 15, 2023, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) met to focus on changes to the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) process, specifically the adoption of the new Literacy […]
June 2023 Legislative Update
The June 15th constitutional deadline for the Legislature to pass the budget has come and gone, from that point forward, the Governor has 12 days to sign the budget bill. […]