05/26/2021
When Beatriz Espinoza enrolled in her California Community College (CCC), she was placed in remedial English courses, which pushed back her timeline for transferring to a […]
05/17/2021
U.S. schools primarily define English learners (ELs) by their emerging bilingualism. This is understandable, given that federal law requires that schools identify these students based upon […]
05/04/2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered school buildings and campuses across the state and nation in March 2020, The EdTrust–West (ETW) turned to our educator community to hear their perspectives. We held […]
03/04/2021
Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series in which our experts delve into the details of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s January budget proposal. […]
02/18/2021
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series, in which our experts delve into the details of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s January budget proposal. […]
02/09/2021
When the economy went into a tailspin in the fall of 2008, I was a sophomore at Sonoma State University. In the months and years that […]
10/28/2020
Voters are heading to the polls in droves, not only to elect the next president, but in California, to decide on Proposition 16. This would remove […]
10/09/2020
In the last several months, converging crises have rocked our country. Among them, police killings have forced the country to wrestle with the question of whether […]
09/09/2020
Too often, schools and educators treat English learners (ELs) as students in waiting — learners whose academic development cannot seriously be engaged or advanced until their […]