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Californians Together is a statewide coalition of parents, professional and civil rights organizations committed to securing equal access to quality education for all children with a focus on English learners.
Founded in 1998 after the passage of Proposition 227, Californians Together joined with other organizations to foster full participation in a democratic society through quality education for children and parents from undeserved communities.
Californians Together works hand-in-hand with its coalition members, educators and supporters of English Learners in a variety of ways, such as:
- Developing education policy and advising legislators and policy makers;
- Promoting the educational development of teachers and administrators through professional development workshops and institutes;
- Supporting and encouraging parent involvement;
- Seeking and developing collaborations and partnerships with private and public entities that are supportive of English Learners;
- Working with various school districts, advocacy organizations and governmental bodies to develop strategies to best address the needs of all English Learners.
Californians Together believes that all children are equal and have a right to a quality education to fully participate economically, intellectually, politically and socially in a democratic society
Californians Together aims for an educational system that is funded and is structured so every child will have full access to a high quality curriculum and will graduate from our public schools with:
- Mastery of the core curriculum;
- Preparation for higher education;
- Knowledge and skills for productive workforce participation;
- Communication and literacy skills in more than one language;
- Informational and technological literacy;
- Connections to their families and communities
- Skills for full civic participation;
- Cross-cultural skills and knowledge.
Some of Our Accomplishments:
- Worked for the adoption of the English Language Development Standards
- Reversed the restrictive policy of the State Board of Education to deny bilingual classroom access to Reading First funding and secured over $20 million to serve English learners.
- Secured a total of $60 million for English learner materials in the 2004/05 and 2006/07 state budgets
- Recruited 9 school districts to join Californians Together as plaintiffs in the NCLB Testing lawsuit challenging California's English only testing policy
- Successfully working with over 70 school districts to implement the Seal of Biliteracy recognition program
- Published, "Reparable Harm," a research and policy document on Long Term English learners, and provided training across the state on the critical need for new policy and programs to address this cohort to English learners.
- Safeguarded the state funding for the English learner programs for over 10 years.
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Californians Together
525 E 7th St Suite 207
Long Beach, CA 90813
Office: (562) 983-1333
Fax: (562) 436-1822
shelly@californianstogether.org
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