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Education

Nov. 17, 2016

K-12 students won big

California's students won big on Nov. 8 when it passed Proposition 58, which allows English learners to learn English and academic content in a bilingual classroom. By John Affeldt

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By John Affeldt

California's K-12 students won big on Nov. 8. By more than 70 percent, the state's voters passed Proposition 58 and, by doing so, undid restrictions that have been harming students' academic potential for close to 20 years.

Starting in July 2017, schools no longer must educate English learners (ELs) under a restrictive one-size-fits-all English-only model. Prop. 58 means that ELs can learn English and academic content in a b...

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