Media Coverage

A decade after a landmark report on English learners, California still has a long way to go to help students learn English. The coalition Californians Together released a new report Wednesday on […]

Ten years after their groundbreaking publication, Reparable Harm called attention to California’s long-term English learners (LTELs), Californians Together has released Renewing Our Promise, a research and policy report by Manuel Buenrostro & Julie Maxwell-Jolly, that […]

STOCKTON, Calif. —A few weeks into the new school year, chronic absenteeism is up throughout several school districts. Chronic absenteeism means that a student has missed at least 10% of […]

As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of […]

About 1 in 8 of California’s school children have an undocumented parent. This week, we take a look at three siblings, all U.S. citizens, who had to put their college plans […]

As students return to in-person classes, some California teachers are focused on giving English learners lots of time to talk and write about their feelings. In order to learn to […]