A little background on the community in which I work: it is comprised mainly of hispanic immigrants from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and Columbia. I work in an elementary school where about 90% of the parents are Spanish speaking only. When conversating with many of these parents, it has come to my attention that they desperately need/want to learn the English language.
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Social Injustice: Chapter What?
By JustLikeLife - Posted on February 17th, 2008
Tagged: acculturation
• achievement gap
• Cultural Diversity
• esl
• hispanics
• immigrants
• language
• Broad prosperity
• Better future
