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So I have seen the world of Education from a lot of lenses, mostly as a child
of poverty on public assistance through my home state, and I see the opportunity
that we create every day when we think about making our own history. And that's
really one of my themes, besides signaling where you're going. We have to
make our own history and we are at this inflection point in America right now
where we still see language as a deficit instead of a strength. As an asset, as an
economic engine, as a way to close gaps, as a focus on equity, as true cultural
competency. Our entire federal funding model around this is really a deficit
based model, that says you don't have something therefore you need to learn it.
As opposed to you have something magical, we all want, how do we make sure that
this is two-way. That's the future of America, that's what we're after in this
country right now. That's what Washington State's trying to do. So one of the
things I have to remind people though in my advocacy work is: you have to speak
the language of love for those who hear you. And in politics there are two
languages of love there's a red team, or a conservative team, and there's a blue
team, or a progressive team. And it doesn't have to be partisan, it's that we come to
the world in very different ways, and we see policy outcomes and need differently.
But in the case of bilingual education, and true dual language, this is a
bipartisan message. So part of it to my conservative friends, I say, "You know what,
there are 800 million people in the Western Hemisphere. It continues to be
our greatest economic opportunity, notwithstanding the large markets in
China and India. Two-thirds of those in the Western Hemisphere, 500 million,
speak Spanish as their primary or secondary language. This hemisphere is a
Spanish hemisphere, not an English hemisphere. And Brazil we'll throw on the
Portuguese, we know you're third, we got it we love ya, there's a few of you out
there, that's great. But the other thing I have to tell my business leader friends
is expanding dual language, and having universal access to bilingual education
beginning in kindergarten or earlier for every single student,
which is the goal of the state of Washington now, this is a productivity
issue. We are better at business, we are better global competition, and remember I
come from the state of Starbucks. Did you enjoy that this morning? Did you fly
here on a Boeing airplane? Probably. Are you running a laptop right now that uses
Windows? Microsoft? Probably. Did you buy something from Amazon? We don't claim
them anymore, only a third of them. Thank you New York and Virginia. Yeah, good luck
with those home prices. It's gonna be interesting for you. But we have an
opportunity to get our business leaders and conservatives to understand the
power of bilingual education as an economic development tool. But then I
have friends who need to hear an equity argument. They need to hear it from a
different perspective, and how can you deny the power of dual languages? The
fundamental foundation of cultural competency? So they need arguments like
closing gaps. They need to understand that this is the most powerful way for
us to bring culture alive in our schools. They need to understand, and in my state
in particular I have 29 tribes in our state. Twenty-nine federally recognized tribes.
Three of them are on large Confederated reservations, with multiple tribes and
multiple bands. We are just beginning to tap into the beauty and the power of
restoring and saving some of these native languages that are quite frankly
on the cusp of being lost if we don't step up. And my friends on the
Democratic side, or the progressive side, they need to understand the power of
that opportunity. Yes, this is about Spanish as an economic driver, but it is
also about native languages, and Portuguese, and Russian throughout our
state. I have a half a dozen school districts in Washington state where
there are almost a hundred or more languages spoken in one single school
district. We are a globally dependent state. The west coast is globally
dependent. America's becoming globally dependent, and the arrogance of English
only is an economic disaster for this country, if we don't change our approach
to it. It is. How many ELLs have we placed in Special Ed because quite frankly
language is their barrier, but we mistake that as cognitive issues? How much
brilliance is out there in math and science and other tested subjects
because we give an English only exam often now using a home row keyboard
approach that denies students the ability to express their brilliance
because language is actually their barrier?
I have to tell my conservative
friends, that is a productivity killer. You are spending hundreds of millions of
dollars on standardized tests that don't actually test a bunch of our students
appropriately. That's not a good use of their resources. And in the meantime I've
got suburban Washingtonians paying privately for dual language, because
they're like I can't get enough of this, how do we do it? So the irony of a
nation that doesn't have a vision for dual language, that says its deficit in
early grades if you don't speak English, there's a problem. We don't actually care
in middle school, good luck, enjoy your Fortnite. But by high school, oh my God,
everyone needs at least two years of world language to get into a university.
So we care deeply about it again, and then once you're in the university,
whatever, if you're not majoring in it we don't necessarily care. It is a bizarre
construct, driven by higher ed admissions and deficit thinking and we have to
change that. So are you with me on the concept of universal access by
kindergarten for every single student in the country? Are you ready for this
moment in our history?
Okay, you may have had a little tequila last night, so you may not be with us yet.
I get it. It's okay. But this is the part where you need to perk up because this
isn't about state leaders saying we're gonna do it. We get to set vision, and
I'm very proud to take that risk. But there's an actionable set of items for
you all, and I would challenge everyone in this room because you are leaders, and
you've taken the time to come to Santa Fe and to be engaged in this amazing
experience, you have to take the leadership role. And I know what you're
thinking, "Oh my God I don't have time for this.
My principal is asked for even more accountability data. Even more
assessments. Even more engagement." You have no choice. Leadership comes from
where you sit. And so I'm gonna challenge you to do this. If you have not already
done it, where is the meeting with your principal to talk about your building
level resources to expand dual language? You then need to sit down with your
superintendent and say what is the district level plan for our work in
expanding bilingual education or universal dual language? You need to sit
down with your school board for at least 10 public meetings and ask them these
formal questions about where is it in their strategic plan that this becomes a
universal question of access? And take it right to your state superintendent
whether elected, governor-appointed, or state board appointed ask them where it
is in their state level plan? Work with Washington and others on draft
legislation for your legislature. We have it sitting here waiting for you that we
are going to introduce in our state. We want to give this to the rest of the
country it is time to engage policymakers at every level, and you
cannot wait for somebody else to do that. It's gonna come from classroom based
instruction and those of you who understand the power of this work. So
I'll conclude with three things. Actually one gratuitous ask before I start those
three. Please come to Washington State and teach, who's with me right now?
Anybody tell you and-- Yes! Yeah! You think I'm joking. I came
here on a secret trade mission from Governor Inslee. You're gonna hear more
about him later, I predict. We've just increased our salaries over the last
year by almost 20 percent in the state of Washington. Our new average is about
$75,000. You'll start for no less than about 46,000, our top end's about 115,000.
Who's coming to the Evergreen State? We need you! And I'm not joking about this,
but it's just a microcosm of the challenge. So when I challenged our
citizens and our people of the state of Washington,
it came with three understandings. Number one: I had to expand dual language
programs in our state, and we have a large ask to our legislature to do that.
Most of our work's coming organically from districts saying it's important to
us, we're doing it, and we've said we want to give you help at the state level. We can't
do it without the educators. Our biggest barrier will be the professionals who
come with this skill. So we are also proposing to our legislature a national
board, like a national board cert equivalent for bilingual educators of about $5,000
additional compensation for them. And we want to take this to everyone
initially who's in the classroom. So even education assistants, and classroom
assistants, additional compensation. And ultimately, my dream is that if you are a
dual language person working in public education, from the bus driver, to the
kitchen aide, to the custodian, if you are bilingual, you will get paid additional
money, because that is a skill this country needs desperately. Okay
So, free Starbucks for life if you come to Washington State! I don't think I can
make that pledge, but I just did, so Starbucks give me a jingle, we'll talk.
So, I do have three three final things that I want to challenge you with. Number one,
build that advocacy plan, beginning with your principal, your superintendent, your
school board, your state superintendent, your legislature, your governor, I'm
serious about that. Sit down in small teams and say what does it look like or
at least do some asset inventory and say do we already have something in our
strategic plan at any level that talks about this? And if not please please
PLEASE begin to build that and you have resources here and in your states that
do that too. And this is where I'm not ready to wrap up. I need you to stay with
this work. I grew up on food stamps. I've lost two siblings already to drug and
alcohol related deaths, and lost both of my parents already. The fundamental
difference in my life between that pathway and being the state
superintendent public schools was public education. Was the ability for some
teacher out there to not see me as a low income kid, but just a student, just a
learner. And the work you do even though it is rarely recognized beyond the
classroom, is so profound for our democracy. At the cornerstone of the
democracy. At the cornerstone of equity. Our educators who say I'm going to make
my life's work building and developing young people, so that they might see the
world differently, and create amazing change. What you do matters so
significantly. And I feel we're at this moment in our nation's history where the
public educator is increasingly diminished in the eyes of the public,
often because of political leaders, often those in DC, who devalue the work that
goes on. So from me to you, please stick with this work. It changes the world for
children. Even when you don't know it immediately, it does. And lastly, even
harder. I need you to challenge your students to
follow you in your footsteps. Every ounce of research, and you've heard a lot about
it in the dual language space, and I am no expert in it, but we're spending a lot
of energy talking about what it takes to sustain great public education, and dual
language, and career and tech ed, and multiple pathways to graduation. And the one thing
that is so fundamentally true across the country that I leave you with is we
cannot continue to make progress unless our educators begin to look dramatically
more like our students. You in this room are what we call the rising American
electorate. We've studied in politics for a long time, we said there would be a day
in America where women would finally gain the power that they deserve and
education is 3/4 female. That people of color, and second language speakers, and
those who are immigrant families, would one day be the dominant political force
in this country. And we finally are seeing that revealed in politics, and I
make that connection for you because we can't sustain that change unless young
people look in your eyes and you say to them, when I'm done with this classroom I
need you to be the next generation of educators. Those classrooms need to look
like our students. They need to see themselves in you, and you have to
present for them this hope and this opportunity that even in the darkest of
times, they get to create change, they get to be the next generation that empowers
this country through education. Those are big tasks for you. An advocacy
plan, sticking with it yourself, and building capacity for young people to
follow in your footsteps. But I would suggest this to you. There is no greater
work than what we do in schools, none. And there is no greater fight in social
justice and equity, and it begins right here in our hearts and in our daily
collaboration, and our risk-taking, and our political will. And I ask you not to
count on other people in DC, or in your state legislatures, to do that. I ask you
to look in the mirror and say "When will I do that?" Lead with passion, lead with
risk, and for God's sakes, at some point, run for office. Thank you
very much. Thank you so much for giving me the chance.
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