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More than 10,000 graduating high school students across California have earned the first state recognition in the nation for achieving proficiency in multiple languages. State Superintendent of Instruction, Tom Torlakson, issued a press release today, July 5, 2012, highlighting the […]
Read MoreGraduation celebrations this year will be greatly enhanced in fifty-seven school districts in California where thousands of these high school graduates will don special medals that recognize them for achieving a high degree of literacy in English and one or […]
Read MoreShelly Spiegel-Coleman, Executive Director of Californians Together was appointed to serve on the Transition Team for Superintendent of Instruction, Tom Torlakson. The Transition Advisory Team will provide strategic advice during his first few months in office as he identifies key […]
Read MoreIn the News!!! Dr. Laurie Olsen, researcher and Californians Together Executive Board Member and Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, Californians Together Executive Director, authored an Op Ed piece that was published in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, July 12, 2010. Read and […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES — Systemic issues in California’s public education have created a majority of high school English Learners who despite many years in our schools are still not English proficient and have developed major academic deficits, according to a recent […]
Read MoreSYSTEM FAILURE! For the seventh straight year, the achievement gap between English Learners and English proficient children has widened. The State Board of Education and State Superintendent equally share the blame for what can only be described as a system […]
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