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| Title | News Article: Latin in a Bronx High School |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/29/education/29education.html?_r=1&oref=slogin At a Bronx School, Latin Is the Root of All Learning By JOSEPH BERGER Published: November 29, 2006 The three-year-old Bronx Latin School, one of New York’s multiplying number of small themed public middle and high schools, is gambling that teaching Latin will initiate poor and working-class students into the mysteries of how any language — especially English — works by illuminating the long-neglected art of grammar and enriching their English vocabulary with Latin roots. The school’s larger purpose is simple: to get students, most of them “struggling with literacy,” as the founding principal, Leticia Pineiro, said, to read and also do math at grade level or better. Read the complete article at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/29/education/29education.html?_r=1&oref=slogin . |
| Source | The New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2006-12-10 10:50:58 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-12-11 00:00:00 |
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