2021-22 Budget Update
The 2021-2022 California State Budget provides an historic investment in our K-12 public education system. The budget invests a total of $123.9 billion overall in K-12 education, the highest level of […]
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EL RISE! Year One Reflection
As part of state support for enacting the visionary 2017 CA English Learner Roadmap policy, the legislature and California Department of Education funded two Educator Workforce Incentive Grants, of which […]
2021 English Learner Advocacy Institute
November 11-14, 2021Lodi, CA Californians Together invites applicants to an extraordinary, four-day professional development event for selected leaders and advocates for quality education for English Learners. This is a fully-funded […]
The California State Seal of Biliteracy: Summary for the 2019-20 School Year
Even during the closures of the pandemic, families and educators were able to recognize students for their years of academic achievements. In California, 414,193 students who entered high school in […]
Expanded Learning Opportunity Grants: Recommendations for Making them Work for English Learners
The COVID relief package that the California legislature approved to support public schools and that Governor Newsom signed on March 5, included $2 billion for In-Person Instruction (IPI) Grants and […]
Schools Must be a Place of Healing – We Stand with the API Community
As schools reopen and students anticipate going back to school, some students are scared and worried about their safety and the safety of their friends and family members. As we have […]