In fact. educational leaders in nonEnglishspeaking communities are themselves split on which method of language instruction is best for their children. In my State. a large number of educators believe that the current dual track system does a disservice to the children it purports to help. this Member of Congress emphatically agrees. As our country continues to open its doors and heart to immigrants from around the world. it is time to put aside the unrealistic concerns that have lately been exaggerated about ethnic voter backlashand possibly ones own heritageand do the right thing for the children who are our future. Thomas V. DiBacco. writing a recent column first appearing in the Baltimore Sun. states that Unless an ethnic Is content to spend his or her life in an ethnic enclave. where the native langauge is important. the outward and manifest signs of the American system have to be honored: through elementary. secondary and higher education that bears the hallmark of no one ethnic group. through mastery of the English language. including its Idioms. and through the aequistion of a polish that society expects of its upwardly mobile people.
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