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Oakland moves to recognize Black English as a language
Oakland School Board votes unanimously to recognize Ebonics as a language and create a program to train teachers to understand it while guiding students toward standard English. Critics call it a Band-Aid, but supporters cite high minority enrollment and uneven scores as justification.
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