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Word: lleras (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...handle lessons conducted in English. "We fully recognize the benefits of cultural pluralism," says James Ward of the American Federation of Teachers. "But we must be sure that the central effort is to bring students into the mainstream of American life." Some foreign-born parents share his concern. Manuel Llera, principal of a junior high school in California's Sweetwater Union school district, near the Mexican border, has been forced by parental pressure to remove some Chicano children from the bilingual program. Parents, he says, "are afraid that their kids are going to get a second-class education and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Three Rs in 70 Tongues | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

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