Media Coverage

New energy fueling dual-language immersion in California schools has exposed a bilingual teacher shortage of qualified educators.  The state has set a high bar for itself. The Department of Education’s Global […]

It is called the Seal of Biliteracy, created in 2008 by the advocacy group Californians Together. Thirty-five states and the District are putting it on diplomas, but it is so […]

Martha Hernandez, Californians Together’s Director of Policy and Initiatives is featured in these two ELLEVATION podcasts (Part One and Part Two)  about the Seal of Biliteracy. Here are the issues covered in this […]

Nearly 4 in 10 parents say they’re familiar with or know a lot about the California School Dashboard, which grades schools and school districts using multicolored metrics, and those who have […]

Martha Hernandez, who began her career as a bilingual educator in California in 1976, remembers a time when knowing a language other than English was not considered an asset. It […]

Imagine a classroom with confident and curious learners speaking, reading and writing in two languages. Where children are learning complex science or social science concepts taught in one language, with […]