Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Survey: Students Give Schools Middling Marks
Most high school students do not believe their public schools are preparing them "extremely well" to know how to learn, get a good job, or go to college, according to an annual survey of teachers and students released last week. By Erik W. Robelen. Education Week Oct 21 2002 8:47PM ET [Moreover - US education news] |
Voter Mandates and Bilingual Education
IN November, voters in Colorado and Massachusetts will decide on initiatives that would ban bilingual education. Arizona and California have already adopted similar measures. Proponents, who want all instruction in English, rely on a claim that early-20th-century immigrants succeeded by that method, called English immersion. But the claim is largely false. A century ago, dropout and failure rates were much higher among the many immigrants from illiterate backgrounds than they are today. By Richard Rothstein. New York Times Oct 23 2002 0:54AM ET [Moreover - US education news] |
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