We Are Prepared, We Will Renew
With the outcome of last night’s election, there is anxiety around what the results will mean for English learners, newcomer students, and multilingual education as a whole. While we can’t […]
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Where Do We Go From Here? August 2024 Legislative Update
As August marks the close of the legislative session, we reflect on the end of this two-year cycle. It’s an election year, and for many legislators, this marks the conclusion […]
Announcing the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Toolkit for English Learner Roadmap Implementation
California is on the cusp of exciting developments that signal a commitment to creating a system of early learning and care that centralizes the young dual language learners who now […]
Advocates Raise Key Issues at the July 2024 State Board of Education Meeting
With the growing numbers of four year olds enrolling in Transitional Kindergarten and the large numbers of these young learners coming from homes where a language other than English is […]
The District English Learner Administrator Advocacy Network: Championing Multilingual Education Across California
Over the last year, Californians Together has leveraged its 25+ years of advocacy for English learner education to support a new statewide network of EL administrators. This network is committed […]
California Districts Are Seeing Increases in State Seal of Biliteracy Recipients—You Can Thank AB 370
This blog post is the second installment in our ongoing blog series celebrating the State Seal of Biliteracy. The first entry can be found here. Since 2012, California has awarded […]