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...Washington school system, students speak 127 languages and dialects; across the Potomac, in Fairfax County, Virginia, that figure is more than...
Interestingly, those on the front lines of this struggle -- the teachers and the local administrators burdened by growing responsibilities and dwindling resources -- have hardly any complaints about the new immigrants. "We have had to create new programs and courses quickly," says Fairfax County's McDonell. "There have been problems. But slowly and surely, this is helping us understand what the rest of the world is like." Donna Skinner, at Garden City Community College, has worked closely with immigrant children in southwestern Kansas since 1980. "You're always going to find some people grumbling about special needs, but there...
Both techniques have proved appealing to students. Carol Ovndo, 12, arrived in Fairfax County from Guatemala three years ago without knowing a word of English. Her immersion in all-English courses rapidly enabled her to become a proficient speaker and reader. "It was scary," she recalls. "But my teacher showed me pictures, and my friends helped, and sometimes we just all acted things out." At the Bell Multi-Cultural High School in Washington, Nguyen Nguyen, 15, who arrived from Vietnam a year ago, takes courses in both his native language and English. "I have to understand in Vietnamese first...
...transfer these skills to a second language. I know it works. I've been doing it for 10 years and see the results." But many communities cannot afford or attract qualified bilingual teachers in all -- or any -- of the subjects students may need. Says Gloria McDonell, director of the Fairfax County E.S.L. program: "We don't teach bilingual education because it's impractical. It's hard to find someone who can teach math in Korean...
More than 100 languages are spoken in the school systems of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Fairfax County...