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PRESS RELEASES

New Study Calls for Systemic Reforms to Improve English Learner Education

May 27, 2010

LOS 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 […]

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STAR 2009 Test Results and English Learners

August 18, 2009

SYSTEM  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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LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS, NEGLECTED, MIGRANT, ENGLISH LEARNERS AND OTHER “AT RISK” STUDENTS

June 11, 2009

Concerned parents and community groups throughout California filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court today challenging State Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s decision to suspend monitoring of specialized education programs for Homeless, Neglected, Juvenile Justice, Migrant, English learners, and other disadvantaged youth […]

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2008 STAR Testing Results: Lack of Solutions to Help English Learners

August 14, 2008

State School Superintendent Jack O’Connell again fails to recognize the lack of academic progress for 25% of California’s students. For the sixth consecutive year, he offers no solutions to address or improve student performance. School Districts across the state will […]

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California’s STAR Test Results – Growing English Learner Achievement Gap

October 6, 2007

California’s 2007 STAR test results again show no significant improvement. According to State Superintendent Jack O’Connell, for the past five consecutive years, the achievement gap for California’s majority minority students, Latinos and African Americans, has reached an alarming point of […]

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State Demonstrates Flat, Lack Luster Test Results for English Learners, Superintendent O’Connell Continues to Excuse a Failing System for California’s 1.6 million English Learners

August 1, 2006

For the fifth consecutive year, the persistent achievement gap continues to hurt English learners and haunt the California Department of Education. Persistent Achievement Gap Widens

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October 22, 2019

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