Filed Under: [ Education ] [ Hispanic News ] [ Top Stories ] [ Language Issues ] [ Illinois ] [ Chicago ]
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Knowledge is Power!
Hispanic parents, at a news conference Tuesday, said that they would keep their children at home on the day the examination is given next month if necessary, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday.
“This is a way of attacking children who don’t understand the language,” said state Sen. Iris Martinez, a Chicago Democrat who accused federal officials of trying to undermine bilingual education.
Under previous rules, children with less than three years of bilingual education were given a simplified test in English. But this year, the Chicago school district was warned that did not meet the requirement of the No Child Left Behind law”*
*From: http://www.upi.com
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