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| Title | Opinion Piece: Maryland is Wise to Nurture Heritage Speakers |
| Body | From http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.language23jun23,0,3524308.story Wise to nurture 'heritage speakers' By Catherine Ingold June 23, 2008 Maryland has adopted a promising new strategy to deal with the U.S. shortage of skilled foreign language speakers, one that offers a model for other states. A new state law seeks to make better use of an under-valued language asset: immigrants and their descendants. Gov. Martin O'Malley recently signed into law a bill creating the Task Force on the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills. It charges the task force with making an inventory of existing heritage resources and recommending steps to use them better. Read the entire article at http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.language23jun23,0,3524308.story . |
| Source | Baltimore Sun |
| Inputdate | 2008-06-29 10:42:20 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2008-06-29 10:42:20 |
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| Publishdate | 2008-06-30 00:00:00 |
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