Our Year of Impact: A Look Back at 2024
As we wind down 2024, we wanted to reflect on a year of impactful advocacy and significant change across the policy landscape. From celebrating our past to preparing for the […]
Tag: Seal of Biliteracy
California Districts Are Seeing Increases in State Seal of Biliteracy Recipients—You Can Thank AB 370
This blog post is the second installment in our ongoing blog series celebrating the State Seal of Biliteracy. The first entry can be found here. Since 2012, California has awarded […]
United States of Biliteracy
Last month marked a watershed moment for the movement toward a linguistically inclusive society—one in which we celebrate the ability to speak, read, and write in multiple languages. South Dakota became the […]
Who are the Recipients of the Seal of Biliteracy?
At high school graduation ceremonies across California, families and educators recognized and congratulated students for their years of academic achievements. In California, 418,205 students earned high school diplomas in 2017-18; […]
Recommendations on how to determine oral proficiency of students for Seal of Biliteracy
Guidance to the Field To assist districts and schools in determining oral proficiency equivalent to AP and IB scores designated in the criteria, we recommend, although a local decision, the […]
State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Reports Jump in Number of Students Earning Seal of Biliteracy
Nearly 25,000 graduating high school students across California this summer have earned state recognition for achieving proficiency in multiple languages, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today. “Fluency […]