blog post Evaluating Student Success at the City College of San Francisco By Hans Johnson Mar 3, 2014 By most measures, San Francisco City College fares well relative to other community colleges in California.
Report California’s English Learner Students By Laura Hill Sep 6, 2012 English Learner (EL) students in California’s schools are numerous and diverse, and they lag behind their native-English-speaking peers. Closing the achievement gap for EL students has been a long-standing goal for California educators, and there are some signs of success. Now that EL funding and curriculum issues are receiving a fresh level of scrutiny from decisionmakers in Sacramento, it is important to assess our understanding of this diverse group, highlight the opportunities to improve policies around demonstrating mastery of English, calibrate funding formulas involving EL students, and implement new curriculum standards thoughtfully.
Report California’s Commitment to Adult English Learners: Caught Between Funding and Need By Arturo Gonzalez Apr 12, 2007 This report examines the discrepancy between California’s goal of providing free English classes and the reality that the current funding system for providing classes is about 30 years out of date. During those 30 years, the state’s immigrant population has exploded. The gap between goal and reality has created an excessive financial burden on some local school districts—which provide most of the state’s English as a Second Language (ESL) classes—and may be forcing other districts to turn away immigrants who want to learn English.
