Do you support or oppose bilingual education in publicly funded schools? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
In bilingual/bicultural education, students are taught wholly or partly in their native language until they can speak English fairly fluently, and in some cases longer. One side argues that preserving the culture and language of minorities is a worthwhile (or essential) goal of public education. The opposing side believes that minority students will be best prepared to compete effectively in American society if they are "immersed" in English-language instruction; moreover, bilingual education is expensive and reinforces separateness because it is a factor in keeping people of color living in ethnic communities.
There is controversy in some districts about whether to promote, or discourage, bilingual education for students whose primary language is not English. For Latinos, bilingual/bicultural education is an issue of intense debate. A few years ago, California banned bilingual education in any publicly funded school. Latino students must now be taught exclusively in English even if they do not understand it.
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a. True b. False
Economic development is often the reverse of social development because
a. People and resources need to be sacrificed for economic development b. Social development is far more expensive to engender than economic development c. Social institutions are fundamentally complex d. The byproducts of economic development such as agricultural-based herbicides, pesticides, and other pollutants released into the ocean in one part of the world are transported to distant parts of the planet with predictable and unpredictable results
African-Americans in need of counseling are apt to look first:
a. to family and kinship networks b. to elders of the church c. to mental health specialists d. to school counselors
Interpret both the r and r2. What does each number tell us?
