Tag: california
Apply Now for California New Teacher Grant
Applications for 2022-23 Golden State Teacher Grant (GSTG), which provides up to $20,000 to support teachers and counselors, will be accepted through April 1,...
Supporting Our Youngest Dual Language Learners
California is home to more dual language learners (DLLs) than any other state, both in number and share. DLLs, or children learning English in...
$27 Million in Literacy and Biliteracy Supports for CA Students
California state superintendent of public instruction Tony...
Académie Française Rails Against ‘Californisms’
France’s official authority on the vocabulary and grammar of its language has targeted a new threat: “les Californisms.”That’s the name the Académie Française (or...
Instructional Audio Solutions for All Students and Educators
Lightspeed, a provider of powerful instructional audio solutions, has released research showing that instructional audio solutions benefit all student groups and educators beyond the...
California Seeks to Expand Bilingual Teacher Prep
California has outlined several goals for its education system, which are rapidly approaching over the course of the next decade. Among these are plans...
California Commits $3 Billion to Community Schools Strategy
Last month, California state superintendent Tony Thurmond announced the formation of an advisory board to help guide the work of the California Community Schools...
California’s Commitment: Literacy, Biliteracy, and Libraries
I have only one critical comment about California’s Secretary of Education Thurmond’s task force report, “California Commits to Literacy and Bets on Biliteracy,” but...
Recommendations for Long-Term English Learners
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...
California Commits to Literacy Target and Bets on Biliteracy
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has announced an initiative to ensure that not only will every student learn to read by...
Improving Accountability for English Learners in California
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner (EL) students in...
