Some California districts this school year will pilot two new screening instruments to measure transitional kindergarten students’ language proficiency.
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‘Wendy isn’t here.’ Bay Area third graders grieve a classmate’s deportation
More than 400 California children deported by current Trump administration.
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Short thousands of bilingual teachers, California schools turn to high school students
New funding aims to help schools prepare more bilingual teachers, beginning as early as high school.
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What Trump’s budget and tax law means for California students
$6.2 billion recently withheld from schools and $12 billion in proposed education cuts are separate from the bill signed last week.
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Trump administration moves student loans, special education programs
The announcement comes a day after the president signed an executive order calling to eliminate the Department of Education. By law, the department would need to be eliminated by an act of Congress.