October 9, 2025 - For Chelsea Duran, returning to high school for her senior year means being on high alert, watching over her shoulder for immigration enforcement agents. Students across California ...

When California voters passed Proposition 227 in 1998, opponents of the measure predicted it would be a disaster for students whose primary language is not English. But according to the latest test ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts "significant gains" in California test scores but the data looked different for Sacramento students.

English-language learners have improved their overall scores on California’s statewide standardized test for the third year in a row. But the scores improved significantly only for elementary and ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A 2020 report from the U.S. Department of Education stated that the number of Emergent Bilinguals – also known as English language learners – in U.S. public schools has ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation this month that exempts 4-year-olds from the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California, known as ELPAC. Under state and federal law, school districts ...

Most California students did not pass statewide reading, writing and math tests given in spring 2023. There was a slight improvement in math scores, but English language arts performance stagnated.