Joining Coachella Valley Unified School District, the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) and Californians Together jointly retained three major civil rights and education law firms to pursue a lawsuit against the State of California to enforce the provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act pertaining to the academic assessment of English Learners.
Press Releases
Department of Education 2004 Test Results Show Gap still Widening for California’s English Learners
The Academic Performance of All Students Shows Little Growth with Scores of English Learners Declining in Most Grade Levels.
Bilingual Classrooms to Participate in Reading First
The signing of AB 1485 (Firebaugh) by Governor Davis on October 12, 2003 ensures that alternative bilingual programs receive full funding guaranteed by the federal government’s Reading First Program.
California State Board of Education’s “Historic” Action Demeaning and Stereotypical to 1.2 million English Learners
The State Board of Education approved instructional materials containing erroneous and offensive cultural references. The publisher, SRA/McGraw Hill apologizes, but errors result in 2-year delay in instruction tailored to English learners.
Parents Suing the California Department of Education over Reading First
Parents of English learners are suing the Californian Department of Education over restricting the eligibility of bilingual classrooms to participate in the federally funded Reading First Program.
Demand Letter Filed to Reverse Exclusion from Reading First
A demand letter was sent to the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Pubic Instruction to cease excluding bilingual classrooms from funding for the Reading First Program.