At California's community colleges, more than 290,000 students take free, non-credit English as a Second Language classes.

After enrollment took a huge hit during the pandemic, the Los Angeles Community College District is trying to attract more students back by offering classes in their own language — Spanish ...

The foundation says it will give the money over three years to support English teaching programs in the state, with an eye toward filling workforce gaps.

At California's community colleges, more than 290,000 students take free, non-credit English as a Second Language classes.