What should be foremost in our minds. however. should be access to necessary skills which are the very opportunities that our schools promise. There is room for debate. but that debate should not artificially be limited to the teaching and learning of English. English language skills are critical. but so is the knowledge of math and science and history. Most of us can point to immigrant ancestors and point to their "sink or swim" immersion in our Englishspeaking culture. The opportunities of the last century and the first quarter of this century were not always dependent on knowledge of the English languagerather. they were opportunities of hard work in the Pennsylvania coal mines. Massachusetts factories. and Illinois farmlands.
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