New funds available to train bilingual teachers in California | EdSource
By Ashley Hopkinson In the midst of a statewide teacher shortage, the new California state budget includes $5 million to address a shortfall of bilingual teachers, a shortage a new study concludes will...
View ArticleState board, advocacy groups fundamentally disagree over plan for complying...
By John Fensterwald After much talk and testimony at a nine-hour meeting, the State Board of Education made modest changes last week to its draft of the state plan for complying with the Every Student...
View ArticleState Board of Education approves English Learner Roadmap | EdSource
By Theresa Harrington To help California’s more than 1.4 million English learners navigate through the public school system, the State Board of Education has approved an “English Learner Roadmap.” The...
View ArticleVacaville school district ranked in detailed income-expense comparative...
By Richard Bammer Vacaville Unified leaders late last week were nowhere near a school cafeteria but they heard plenty of information from representatives of an advocacy educational resources firm that...
View ArticleVacaville schools supe offers detailed look at district – The Reporter
By Richard Bammer In her annual report to the governing board, Vacaville Unified Superintendent Jane Shamieh on Thursday offered a detailed, data-filled snapshot of the school district during the...
View ArticleNew Professional Learning Support Director – Year 2017 (CA Dept of Education)
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that he has appointed Barbara Murchison as Director of the California Department of Education (CDE) Professional Learning Support...
View ArticleEnglish Learner progress, facility use fee schedule on FSUSD agenda – The...
By Richard Bammer English learner progress, a facility use fee schedule and a new appointee to the Measure J Citizens Oversight Committee are on the agenda when Fairfield-Suisun Unified leaders meet...
View ArticleSCOE to discuss achievement plans for Juvenile Court, Detention Facility...
By Richard Bammer A Local Control Accountability Plan update, a state and federal legislative update, and achievement plans for students in the Juvenile Court and Community School program, Juvenile...
View ArticleNew California law expands low-income parents’ access to subsidized child...
By Ashley Hopkinson In an effort to remove obstacles for Californians trying to succeed in the labor market, a new law could make access to child care easier for low-income parents taking classes to...
View ArticleFairfield-Suisun USD to discuss 2018-19 budget priorities – The Reporter
By Richard Bammer A discussion of 2018-19 budget priorities will be among the more significant items of an otherwise relatively light agenda when Fairfield-Suisun Unified leaders meet tonight in...
View ArticleFSUSD English Learner Reclassification Celebration – Daily Republic
By Tim Goree The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District is excited to announce its first ever, district wide English Learner Reclassification Celebration! On April 24, 2018 at the Fairfield Community...
View ArticleRemote Learning for English Learners and Special Needs Students during...
For California’s most vulnerable students, including 1.2 million English Learners (EL) and over 700,000 students with special educational needs, remote learning in the wake of COVID-19 presents...
View ArticleDeVos Appoints New Director for English-Learner Office – Education Week
By Corey Mitchell U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has appointed Lorena Orozco McElwain to lead the federal office for English-language-learner education, shaking up a long-standing...
View ArticleInitial ELPAC Test Moves Online – Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education)
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond announced this week that the assessment used to determine a student’s English proficiency has successfully transitioned online, giving educators a powerful tool to...
View ArticleNew Multilingual Education Publication Announced – Year 2020 (CA Dept of...
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced today the release of the new California Department of California (CDE) publication, Improving Education for Multilingual and English...
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