Media Coverage

A proposed rule change from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would require all Head Start programming to be conducted in English. This move would represent a major […]

How well are California schools supporting English learners to become English proficient? For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities can answer that question. New data […]

Legislators in California are considering a bill, sponsored by Californians Together, to reform the reclassification system to ensure that students can access the supports they need all along their language […]

Sam Finn, Director, Newcomer Policy and Practice for Californians Together has worked as an elementary teacher, academic researcher, and strategic consultant to state agencies. In his op-ed for Cal Matters, […]

Researchers affiliated with the California Association for Bilingual Teacher Education take to EdSource to discuss their findings from interviews with coordinators throughout California. The focus groups they convened with practitioners […]

Proposed legislation could create California’s first “dual language immersion coordinator”. Leading advocacy groups, including Californians Together, believe that this role represents an important opportunity for California to meet ambitious multilingual […]