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Posted on: March 30th, 2007
Filed Under: [ Education ] [ Tomás' Picks ] [ Texas ] [ San Antonio ]
Tags: bilingual, student
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“In majority Hispanic San Antonio, where most elementary schools serve at least some non-native English speakers, a highly regarded program for teaching them that also benefits students fluent in English remains a boutique rather than mainstream approach.
The reasons are varied and include a national political debate over bilingual education. But not putting such a well-regarded tool to more use for the 30,081 Spanish-speaking students in Bexar County public schools ”” more than 10 percent ”” comes at the kids expense, advocates say.”
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