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Language segregation alive in Ariz. schools
- 08-12-2010
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Interview by Vivian Po/New America Media
Arizona schools have separated English learners from their English-speaking classmate in four-hour daily stretches since the state legislature mandated this process in 2007. But although the statute (known as HB 2064) called on students to under go these “language immersion” sessions for one year, a new report reveals that such segregation is often extended beyond one year and frequently causes rifts between students. Patricia Gandara, coauthor of the report, titled, “A Return to the ‘Mexican Room’: The Segregation of Arizona’s English Learners,” is a professor of education and codirector of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). (more...)
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