Judge's bilingual education ruling sparks national debate
Washington reports that Texas Judge Samuel C. Kiser infuriated bilingual education supporters with a ruling that labeling Spanish as abuse harms a 5 year old. The uproar drew sharp rebukes from La Raza NABE and others while leaders like Dole and Gingrich urged English as a common language amid lawsuits and budget cuts to bilingual programs.
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Bilingual Education Approaches The Primary Goal
Washington outlines several methods to teach English to non native speakers focusing on transitional developmental and two way bilingual models. Transitional aims for quick mainstream placement while two way seeks fluency in two languages using alternating morning and afternoon instruction.
Views on bilingual education from surveys
Congressional Quarterly reports poll results on bilingual education and English official language status. It shows 39 percent favor teaching limited native language use, 48 percent prefer English only, 10 percent support immigrants remaining in native language, and 8 percent are unsure. For favorability toward bilingual education, 38 percent somewhat in favor and 28 percent strongly in favor, with 16 percent somewhat opposed and 15 percent strongly opposed, 5 percent unsure. A 65 percent majority favors making English the official language, 31 percent oppose, and 4 percent are unsure.
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States designate English as official language
Nearly half the states have laws designating English as their official language and many others consider such measures. The list includes Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Hawaii Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Virginia Congressional Quarterly.
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109 year old man wins stay on Ocala land
Julius James, 109, secured an emergency stay from the 5th District Court of Appeal delaying a lower court order that would have evicted him from his Ocala farm. The state seeks 21 acres for a highway ramp, has offered about $2 million for the property, and his family cites decades of attachment and plantation heritage as reasons to remain. The stay leaves timing and future hearings unclear while ownership disputes over much of the 39 acres persist.
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