Pomona teacher honored as top instructor by bilingual education group

Pomona teacher honored as top instructor by bilingual education group

Westmont Elementary School's Mireya Jimenez is named the 2025 Teacher of the Year for the California Association for Bilingual Education.

Improving Bilingual Education for All Learners

A paradox marks bilingual education in the United States. On the one hand, many states encourage high school students to learn a second language by awarding them seals of biliteracy on their diplomas. On the other, young children who come to school with skills in languages other than English are not encouraged to retain these skills and are even penalized for using them. Yet bilingual education benefits all children, including native English spe…