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| Title | Article: Dual Immersion in Texas |
| Body | From http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA033007.01A.dual.language.36a6d2a.html Bilingual education tool faces hurdles locally Web Posted: 03/29/2007 11:38 PM CDT Jeanne Russell Express-News In majority Hispanic San Antonio, where most elementary schools serve at least some non-native English speakers, a highly regarded program for teaching them that also benefits students fluent in English remains a boutique rather than mainstream approach. The reasons are varied and include a national political debate over bilingual education. But not putting such a well-regarded tool to more use for the 30,081 Spanish-speaking students in Bexar County public schools — more than 10 percent — comes at the kids' expense, advocates say. They fear that dual language, though it is growing, remains stymied by misconceptions and a powerful national commitment to English first. A number of impoverished border districts — among them Hidalgo, Ysleta and Canutillo — have won acclaim for excellent test scores using the dual language model. Though every local school district serves some Spanish speakers, two of the districts with the largest percentage — San Antonio and Edgewood — have scaled back their programs, despite research proving its effectiveness. Read the entire article at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA033007.01A.dual.language.36a6d2a.html . |
| Source | My San Antonio |
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