Word: california
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...California is once again at the forefront of American political battles, and the confrontation that is emerging doesn't bode well for the state of education in this Union. On June 2, Proposition 227 will be voted on by Californians. The so-called "English for the Children" initiative would largely scrap bilingual education in public schools and replace it with a one-year long English immersion program. The initiative is an attempt to deal with a monolithic educational system that is not sufficiently servicing the limited English proficient (LEP) students it claims to help. (The program at present...
Nonetheless, the proposal has attracted broad support from voters. A poll published in the Sacramento Bee last Dec. 9 reported that nearly seven of 10 California voters favor a proposed ballot measure to scrap bilingual education in public schools and replace it with a short-term English immersion program. More interestingly, though, is the source of support: the poll found approval for the proposed initiative running strongly across all ethnic groups--including 66 percent of Latino voters. The high percentage of supporters among the Latino community is significant, given that the Latino students are the ones who will be most...
...this problem stems from a more critical failure, this time not of Ron Unz or of his English for the Children initiative. The failure is that of liberal educators--in California and across the country--who have left this debate to be determined by people like Ron Unz. The failure is that conservative voices are the only ones shaping the discourse on bilingual education in California and that no serious alternative plan has emerged from the liberal camp, leaving a vacuum where there should be thoughtful dialogue and a monolithic, conservative program where there should be interesting alternatives...
...family friend, he has turned into your D.C. dad. Your time in lockup has been relieved only by the week you spent with your real father in Los Angeles. Though you sided with Mom in the divorce, you and he are getting closer, thanks to this mess. But the California paparazzi are even worse than the ones in Washington. They crushed you and your dad in Santa Monica one night, and they ruined his lawn. Being famous, you've discovered, isn't all it's cracked...
...claimed that any contact was "accidental," at least on his part. Whatever the case, another paparazzo was conveniently on hand to capture the action on film. In Washington, meanwhile, a Hollywood-friendly Senate seems to be taking the stars' side in this ongoing battle. Senators Dianne Feinstein of California and Orrin Hatch of Utah are introducing a personal-privacy-protection act to limit the liberties that photographers take in pursuit of the great shot...