Over the years, Santa Barbara County families have become more interested in enrolling their children into dual language immersion programs—where students split their day learning.
The California Department of Education issued a two-year, $10 million grant to support students learning English and multilingual students at transitional kindergartens through high schools in California on Tuesday.
Only 39% of California high schools offer at least one computer science class and, research shows, girls from every background as well as Black, Indigenous, Latino, and Pacific Islander students have fewer opportunities to take classes in computer science.
California legislators earmarked $5 million in the 2022-2023 state budget toward the Asian Language Bilingual Teacher Education Program Consortium to address the struggle in hiring bilingual teachers.