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@earlyedgeca is pleased to announce that we’re co-sponsoring new legislation with @caltog that supports the development of the bilingual educator workforce to meet the growing demand for multilingual instruction across California schools. 🏫

Assembly Bill (AB) 2325 by Asm. @alvarezsd will provide strategic investments to create a competitive grant program that supports the establishment or expansion of coordinated pathways to prepare multilingual students in becoming bilingual teachers. The program would be administered by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to support partnerships between LEAs, community colleges, and four-year institutions of higher education.

Latest updates: last week, the bill unanimously passed out of the Assembly Education Committee! 🎉 Thank you to our bill author, Committee Chair @asmdarshana, and the Committee members for prioritizing this critical legislation to support the millions of #MultilingualLearners across our state. During the hearing, Asms. Patel and @asmmiabonta signed on as co-authors of the bill.

Learn more about #AB2325 (link in bio): earlyedgecalifornia.org/bill/ab-2325-bilingual-teacher-pipeline #BilingualTeacher

"The most effective community schools serve as lighthouses for multilingualism.”💡

@caltog highlights how community schools create safe spaces for English learners to learn, grow, and feel belonging in the classroom. Investments in community schools are investments in California’s multilingual student population ✊

📚 Did you know bilingual students aren’t just learning languages — they’re strengthening their brains too?

Research in Cognition shows bilingual learners develop stronger attention skills and handle conflicting information more efficiently than monolingual peers.

This means dual language programs and multilingual education aren’t just about language — they build lifelong cognitive skills that benefit students in every subject.

Investing in bilingualism is investing in stronger minds.

#BilingualEducation #MultilingualLearners #EdPolicy #CognitiveBenefits

Source: Costa, A., Hernández, M., & Sebastián-Gallés, N. (2008). Bilingualism aids conflict resolution: Evidence from the ANT task. Cognition, 106(1), 59–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.013

📚 Did you know bilingual students aren’t just learning languages — they’re strengthening their brains too?

Research in Cognition shows bilingual learners develop stronger attention skills and handle conflicting information more efficiently than monolingual peers.

This means dual language programs and multilingual education aren’t just about language — they build lifelong cognitive skills that benefit students in every subject.

Investing in bilingualism is investing in stronger minds.

#BilingualEducation #MultilingualLearners #EdPolicy #CognitiveBenefits

Source: Costa, A., Hernández, M., & Sebastián-Gallés, N. (2008). Bilingualism aids conflict resolution: Evidence from the ANT task. Cognition, 106(1), 59–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.013

NEW: We worked with @cabteassociation to produce a brief that highlights the need to strengthen the #bilingual teacher pipeline. For this resource, we talked to Bilingual Authorization Coordinators to learn about the opportunities to overcome persistent barriers to ensure that California's #MultilingualLearners have access to teachers whoreflect and support their linguistic and cultural assets.

🔗Visit the link in our bio to learn more about why strengthening the bilingual educator #workforce is essential for meeting California's #multilingual goals.

The knowledge brief series, The Brilliance and Importance of Affirming Black (English) Language in Early Childhood Education, by @blackececa, @caltog, and @earlyedgeca launches volume 4: Rooted in Voices: Emerging Insights on Black Language from Community Dialogue.

The fourth volume is grounded in a series of advisory convenings and community listening sessions, centering the perspectives of Black early learning professionals, families, researchers, and advocates to build a shared understanding of #BlackLanguage. The findings reveal both the richness of Black Language and the harms caused by its continued marginalization, particularly in early learning spaces where children and families have too often experienced suppression, stigma, or exclusion.

Grounded in community wisdom and lived experience, the brief calls for systemic action to recognize, affirm, and support Black Language in early learning settings. Ultimately, advancing a roadmap for shifting narratives and building early learning systems where Black children’s linguistic identities are valued, protected, and supported.

Access this knowledge brief and more at (link in bio): blackece.org/blackenglish #BlackChildren #BlackECE #BlackEnglish #ECE

Early voting centers open May 23. Your vote is your power! 🗳️ If you live in one of these counties, grab a neighbor and vote early in person:

Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Imperial, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Merced, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Ventura, and Yolo.

Find your early voting center and make your voice heard! June 2 is the last day to vote.

🔗 Locate your voting center by visiting the link in our description! ✅️

For 10 years, the English Learner Leadership and Legacy Initiative (ELLLI) has supported advocates and leaders in building skills, relationships, and opportunities that create lasting impact for multilingual learners and their communities. 💚

We’re proud to celebrate the voices and experiences that continue to shape this work.

#ELLLI10 #MultilingualLearners #EnglishLearners #LeadershipDevelopment #EducationAdvocacy #CaliforniaEducation

California has made important progress in expanding bilingual teacher authorizations — but there’s still urgent work ahead.

Join us for the launch of Toward 2030: A Grounded Call for Action to Strengthen California’s Bilingual Teacher Pipeline, a new brief from Californians Together and @cabteassociation

We’ll explore what’s driving progress, the challenges that remain, and what it will take to build a sustainable bilingual teacher pipeline by 2030.

📅 Register today at link in bio.

#MultilingualLearners #BilingualEducation #TeacherPipeline #CaliforniaEducation

Advocacy in action ✨

Our team and partners joined advocates from across California at Latina Action Day in Sacramento to meet with legislative offices and advocate for policies that support Latina/o communities, and educational and health equity.

Grateful to be in community with so many powerful advocates working toward a more just and inclusive California. 💛 And proud to be a community partner of @hopelatinas!

#LatinaActionDay #LatinaLeadership #Advocacy #EducationalEquity #California

Your child’s home language is a strength. 💬✨

We’re excited to share Supporting Your Child as a Dual Language Learner: A Guide for Families of Young Children — a new resource for families navigating multilingual development and bilingual education opportunities.

This guide helps families:
✔️ Understand key language terms
✔️ Learn how schools support multilingual children
✔️ Explore bilingual program options
✔️ Support language development from the early years forward

Because multilingualism is an asset — and every child deserves to feel seen, valued, and supported. 🌎💙

🔗 Link in bio.

#DualLanguageLearners #MultilingualLearners #BilingualEducation #Biliteracy #EarlyLearning #EnglishLearners #Multilingualism #CaliforniaEducation

From expanding college and career pathways to fighting for pay equity, @hopelatinas is taking their fierce advocacy to Sacramento for the 32nd annual Latina Action Day.

Join advocates from across the state by visiting the link in our description!

The knowledge brief series, The Brilliance and Importance of Affirming Black (English) Language in Early Childhood Education, by @blackececa, @caltog, @catalystcalifornia, and @earlyedgeca launches its third volume: Honoring Black Language in Early Learning: Foundations for Literacy Development.

The third volume explains that literacy is a broad, interconnected system rooted in language, where young children develop essential skills through diverse forms of communication long before formal reading begins. It emphasizes that affirming #BlackLanguage in early childhood education is critical, both because early language experiences strongly shape long-term academic success and because literacy has historically been tied to freedom and resistance for Black communities. By recognizing Black Language as an asset and using it to bridge learning, educators can strengthen comprehension, identity, and engagement while supporting early reading development.

The brief calls for culturally affirming practices, meaningful partnerships with Black families, and policy changes, particularly in California, to ensure Black Language is recognized and embedded as a foundational part of literacy development rather than overlooked.

Access this knowledge brief and more at: https://blackece.org/blackenglish/ #BlackChildren #BlackECE #BlackEnglish #ECE