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The Dual Language Learner Policy Platform
Today we are excited to share The Dual Language Learner Policy Platform: Informing California's Early Learning and Care (ELC) Policies and Investments in 2020–21 and Beyond, our new policy platform written in partnership with Advancement Project California.

California is home to the nation’s largest population of dual language learners (DLLs): 60% of children under age six come from homes where languages other than English are spoken. Yet it is estimated that 30–50% of DLL children entering kindergarten in the current system will not acquire the necessary English skills needed for academic participation after six years or more of instruction. With Governor Gavin Newsom elevating the importance of children’s early years and developing the Master Plan for ELC and cradle to career data system, he has made clear his commitment to close the opportunity gaps early on. The state must acknowledge the strengths and needs of DLLs in order to design a system that serves the majority of California’s youngest learners.

Informed by DLL experts and stakeholders in the early childhood field, The Dual Language Learner Policy Platform guides decision-makers to build an ELC system that embraces the strengths of DLLs and their families and recognizes their needs. The Platform’s recommendations align with the asset-based approach to supporting DLLs in the California English Learner Roadmap and reflect its values and spirit. Recommendations identify both short-term and long-term goals.
Every kid deserves a bright start that creates a path to lifelong success. Our policy platform provides the guidance needed to create a truly equitable system that extends the benefits of Early Learning by intentionally building on the strengths of dual language learners and addressing their unique cultural, linguistic and developmental needs.”
- Patricia Lozano, Executive Director, Early Edge California
We are at a pivotal moment in developing an equitable ELC system that builds on the strengths of California’s rich multicultural and multilingual diversity. With the infusion of additional resources and the development of a Master Plan for ELC, the state can extend and improve the benefits of ELC to DLLs and their families. Doing so sends a clear message that these are California’s children, and in their destiny lies our future prosperity.
 
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CA has the US’s largest number of dual language learners w/ 60% of kids under 6 living in homes where languages other than English are spoken. Yet our current #ECE system doesn’t support their strengths & needs. Learn more from @EarlyEdgeCA @AP_Californiahttps://bit.ly/2UlWzr7

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Dual language learners (DLLs) comprise the majority of kids under 6 in California, living in homes where languages other than English are spoken. An estimated 30–50% of DLL kids entering kindergarten will not acquire the necessary English skills needed for academic participation after six years or more of instruction. The new policy platform from @EarlyEdgeCA & @AdvancementProjectCA provides a guide for policymakers to keep the strengths and needs of DLLs and children of color foremost in mind in order to design a system that serves the majority of California’s youngest learners. Learn more--get your copy of “The Dual Language Learner Policy Platform: Informing California's Early Learning and Care (ELC) Policies and Investments in 2020–21 and Beyond”: #ECE #CaliforniaForAll https://bit.ly/2UlWzr7

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