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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Facts the Just

10. Proposistion 227 in California seeks to prohibit the use of bilingual education in California.
9. Proposistion 227 has inspired similar Proposistions in other states, such as Arizona
8. Bilingual education has brought in funding to typically underfunded areas
7. California does $15 billion in trade with Mexico anually
6. Different parental groups have different opinions on the use of other languages in schools
5. Proposistion 227 was developed by Robert Unz, an entrepreneur with no background in education
4. Bilingual education has been in existence since the early twentieth century, where it was used in Bronx schools
3.Supporters of bilingaul education have been labeled "traitors" and "terrorists" for teaching in other languages
2.Transnational cultures, bilingual groups that move between Mexico and America, have a growing effect in California
1. Proposistion 227 passed

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