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| Title | Article: Schools Struggle to Help Hispanic Kids Overcome Language Barrier |
| Body | From http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-orange-hispanic-desegregation-20091219,0,26531.story In Orange County, schools struggle to help Hispanic kids overcome language barrier The language of learning gets much tougher in Orange as Hispanic student population rises By Erika Hobbs December 20, 2009 Thousands of kids learning English represent an enormous challenge for Orange County's public-school educators as the district tries to emerge from a desegregation order that has regulated its day-to-day operations since 1964. That case forced the district to end its dual educational system — one for blacks and one for whites. But school leaders who have spent more than 45 years in the shadow of the federal courts now face an equally complex task to serve another minority group that has grown dramatically during the past two decades. Nearly 40 percent of Orange's Hispanic students do not speak English as a first language and must take intensive classes to learn it quickly to avoid failing in school. It's a problem not just in Orange but across the nation, as well, prompting one federal official to call the education of children such as Kevin Alonzo the "civil-rights issue" of our time. Read the full article at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-orange-hispanic-desegregation-20091219,0,26531.story |
| Source | Orlando Sentinel |
| Inputdate | 2010-01-03 07:15:30 |
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