Jonathan Zabala

Education Advocate. Former teacher. @cityreadingpa native. @penn_state alum. 🇩🇴 Senior Policy Associate at The Century Foundation.

[Jonathan Zabala @ZabalaTCF]

New report from @TCFdotorg and @ChildrensEquity❗️
English learners are at risk of being pushed out as the demand for dual-language immersion programs grows. So what can policymakers do to protect access to these programs for English Learners?

Learn more:
https://t.co/VTipylxXil

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

"The national shortage of bilingual teachers is the main reason [we] aren’t expanding bilingual and dual-language education" More on the importance of dual language programs from @bostonglobe featuring a paper from @ConorPWilliams and @ZabalaTCF
https://t.co/MsRii0TWHk

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

NEW: Our latest survey w/ @MorningConsult shows Americans want more bilingual schooling options for their kids. That means education leaders need to invest in bilingual teachers and programs.

🔗 https://t.co/ijeIc9a3hA

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

Supporting foster youth to thrive in school starts with understanding their unique challenges and needs.

A new report from @C_Hinds_ @TheNext100 centers the lived experiences of foster youth and parents and shares their recommendations for change.

[Councilman JD Mazuera Arias @jd4clt]

Excited to share my debut @TCFdotorg commentary!

I dive into HIV/AIDS prevention access disparities for queer Hispanic/Latino men, the factors exacerbating these inequities, a recent court ruling that threatens decades of progress, and policy mediators.

https://t.co/L9SbdKqV0i

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

NEW 📄For millions of people with disabilities, flying is a logistical nightmare. Airlines' failure to enable disabled people to fly with safety and dignity is costing them revenue—and hurting the U.S. economy as a whole.

🔗https://t.co/9nxO1BTg60

[The 74 @The74]

Opinion: “Kids shouldn’t need to earn access to food, shelter, opportunities to learn, health care and the like. They’re children; they don’t need to earn the basic pieces of human dignity,” @ConorPWilliams and @Ale_VazquezBaur https://t.co/JPhjbV8cUq

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

Despite waves of immigration, the United States is a graveyard for non-English languages. Now is the time to turn it into a home for non-English languages, starting with increasing dual-language immersion programs nationwide.

New from @ZabalaTCF: https://t.co/v4alJfiwMm

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

President Biden wants to invest in education so we have an educated workforce. One of the best ways to do that? Make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent so kids across the country can realize their full potential https://t.co/ZrigWVLdwv

[Rosa DeLauro @rosadelauro]

.@POTUS during the #SOTU: the Child Tax Credit I passed cut taxes for millions of working families and cut child poverty in HALF.”

Let’s bring the #ChildTaxCredit — the largest middle-class tax cut in a generation— back and make it permanent.

[Economic Security Project @EconomicSecProj]

“Restore that #ChildTaxCredit!”

We 👏 @POTUS for affirming that hard-working families deserve a #ChildTaxCredit that will help lower costs, fight child poverty, and get us one step closer to building an economy where all Americans can thrive. #SOTU

[Halley Potter @HalPott]

Summer learning! High-quality tutoring! These shouldn’t just be pandemic relief efforts. This is what students deserve all the time. ❤️ #SOTU

[Next100 @TheNext100]

It's official! 💥 Next100's third cohort has arrived.

From climate change to criminal justice, housing to labor power—our new cohort of policy entrepreneurs are bringing fresh perspectives and critical lenses to a range of intersecting policy areas. ⤵️

[Halley Potter @HalPott]

Check out @k12dive on the #NationalNewcomerNetwork policy platform. Newcomer immigrant students are too often overlooked in education policy, even as cities across the country are seeing their immigrant student pops grow. This platform aims to change that: https://t.co/VjdeUV58to

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

In @EdWeek, @ConorPWilliams talks about the mismatch between the skills needed in the classroom, and a system that fails to recognize and reward those skills. We need more bilingual teachers in schools across the country and here's how we get there:
https://t.co/adTgh515i8

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

Poverty-level wages for providers, sky-high costs for parents, and endless waitlists are signs that our childcare system is in desperate need of reform.

To build up our childcare sector and lower costs for families, we need Congress to #FundChildcare

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

Alabama's IVF ruling is the latest example of a rogue minority making extremist decisions on reproductive health: creating a legal and policy landscape that is dangerously out of step with the opinions of most Americans.

New analysis via @Vina__Smith ⤵️
https://t.co/XsyZHkkRF8

[Alejandra Vázquez Baur @Ale_VazquezBaur]

🆕: Colleagues at @CalTog @IntlsNetwork @TeachPlusCA @ImmSchools & I just launched the #NationalNewcomerNetwork Policy Platform!

This reflects the priorities of our ~150 members from > 30 states that aim to build on the promise of #edequity for all. More: https://t.co/3X6SoeEEHm

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

Studies show that kids who attend Montessori schools have greater academic gains and a more positive perception of school than kids in traditional public school.

How can we expand access to Montessori programming in public schools? @ZabalaTCF explains:
https://t.co/a1qjeMgzEK

[MDRC @MDRC_News]

Moving from Vision to Reality: Establishing California as a National Bilingual Education and Dual-Language Immersion Leader | via @ConorPWilliams & @ZabalaTCF @TCFdotorg https://t.co/xu7SqIg2jJ

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

Roughly 40 percent of California K–12 students speak a non-English language at home—but the state has a lot of work to do in order to rebuild its #bilingual education system and attract multilingual teachers.

Thread on @ConorPWilliams and @ZabalaTCF's new report. ↓