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Bilingual classes stress English
Hispanic dropout rate still high
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Dropout rates for children of
Hispanic descent are as high as
85 percent in some urban school
systems. Is bilingual education
the answer?
The Reagan administration
has revoked as “unworkable and
incredibly costly” regulations re
quiring public schools to teach
non-English speaking students
in their native languages.
The effect has been to return
the bilingual education issue
largely to the local school board.
And at least 12 states presently
offer English-Spanish prog
rams, although there appears to
be a trend toward remedial
teaching leading to the learning
of English rather than teaching
strictly in Spanish.
Such pull-backs from pre
vious programs have met with
resistance from Hispanic com
munity leaders.
Given impetus under the Car
ter Administration, bilingual
education was seen as a means to
keep more Hispanics in school
longer.
Those politically opposed
hold that U.S. taxpayers
shouldn’t be saddled with the
burden of educating the chil
dren of illegal aliens, who make
up a large portion of the Hispa
nic school population.
Opponents also see in the 2.2
percent annual population in
crease of U.S. Latins the even
tual danger of a Quebec-style
separatism fostered in part by
our own school systems.
As mandated by a 1974 Sup
reme Court decision, the gener
al objective of bilingual educa
tion has been to allow the stu
dent to pursue basic subjects in
his native language while learn
ing English. The now-revoked
Carter regulations would have
imposed such instruction
through grade eight in certain
districts.
Colorado is typical of states
offering English-Spanish prog
rams. Prior to revocation of the
Carter regulations, if 50 or more
students did not speak English,
schools had to submit to the stafe
board of education a plan for
bilingual education. Now, op
tional bilingual education is
mainly a tutorial program for
children who have difficulty
with English. The purpose is
strictly to teach English, whereas
the old program had cultural
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wide bilingual programs since
1974, but the trend is to offer
fewer Spanish-only classes, with
the idea of speeding the transi
tion to all-English language in
struction in regular classes.
About 50 percent of the chil
dren in Los Angeles city schools
are Hispanics, yet only 2,000 of
25,710 teachers were from His
panic backgrounds in 1980-81.
The last district-wide survey,
made in 1977, showed the drop
out rate was 68 percent.
Sarah Ortiz, an official of the
Los Angeles bilingual program,
said: “Bilingual education is
mandatory so students can be
nefit from instruction that is
more comprehensible. In the
long run, this will affect the
dropout rate of children with
English as their seocnd language
because the child will stay in
school much longer. Many chil
dren who didn’t speak English
up to the par of their peers were
not getting the benefits they
should.
“I believe there have been re
markable behavioral differ
ences. Kids must like what’s
going on, they have an increased
pride in school, and there is less
vandalism.”
In New Mexico, which came
into the Union with Spanish as a
second official language, the
1912 constitution requires edu
cation in both English and
Spanish.
In Arizona, bilingual educa
tion is permitted rather than re
quired. Courses are taught in
“English as a second language,”
according to Robert Sosa of the
state education department.
Local school boards decide for
themselves how to spend block
grants from the state legislature.
An estimated $2 million state
wide is spent on bilingualedi
tion.
In Texas, where 21 percei
the population is Me:
American, a bitter court
has been waged over bilin
education. U.S. District)
William Wayne Justice, asan:
junct to an order consolidai
school districts in a ('
tion case, ordered the state
provide bilingual educatioi
Spanish-speaking children
grades kindergarten to
1986.
Texas appealed Justice’s
ing, saying it would cost an
mated $120 million annuil
implement 12 years of Mini
education. A panel of the
U.S. Circuit Court of Appe
overturned Justice's rulinp
July 1982.
The Texas Legislature!
approved a bill requiring hi
ual education through thesii
grade.
New cars to have
talking computers
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REED CITY, Mich. — After
years of taking verbal abuse, cars
are beginning to talk back.
They’re not saying much
right now —just simple patter,
like asking drivers to fasten seat
belts or turn off the lights.
Soon, however, they’ll be
more sophisticated, identifying
engine problems and giving spe
cific instructions for repair.
One company banking on
talking cars — and appliances —
is the Nartron Corp. President
Norman Rautiola predicts every
big ticket item will have a voice
within five years.
Microwave ovens will
announce when dinner is done.
Toasters will warn people not to
stick knives or forks inside to
pull out a stuck English muffin.
But that’s in the future. Right
now, Rautiola’s energies are di
rected toward making Nartron’s
voice computers a success on
certain General Motors Corp.
cars to be introduced next year.
Some Japanese models
already are equipped with sim
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