As California bilingual education grows, teacher training is key
Zyanya Cazares, a sixth grade teacher who is starting a new assignment this fall teaching in a bilingual education program in Los Angeles, grew up speaking Spanish. But she was […]
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La educación bilingüe va en aumento, pero hace falta capacitar a los maestros
Los años noventa en California fueron marcados por un sentimiento antiinmigrante. En ese entonces, Pete Wilson—prominente partidario de deportaciones—era gobernador. Con su respaldo, los votantes aprobaron la Propuesta 187 en 1994, la […]
The School that’s Raising the Bar for Bilingual Education
Let’s take a trip back to September 1995, when Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole was talking about education on the campaign trail. “If we want to ensure that all of our children had the same opportunities […]
Long Term ELLs Poised for More Attention in California
Long-term English-learners—those students who still haven’t reached fluency after several years in U.S. schools—could become much more visible in California, where just about 1 out of every 4 public school […]
Study: ELLs Who Reach Proficiency Quickly Fare Better
English learners who complete language-acquisition courses—whether through an English-as-a-second-language program or bilingual education—within three years go on to have much more academic success than their peers who remain in such […]