Should do wonders for integration.
Via EAG News:
America is already in danger of being separated into sub-sections by the lack of the one necessary element for a unified society – a common language.
Now the Los Angeles Unified School District has decided to take a further step backward by segregating classes by the level of English that students speak. In other words, those who speak fluent English will be grouped together, while those who struggle will be grouped together.
The change was apparently made due to a complaint from the federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, which charged the district with failing to provide adequate services to English-learning students, the L.A. Times said.
Some experts reportedly argue that teachers can better focus instruction with students of similar English proficiency. They also claim that it’s easier to teach proper – or “academic” English – in segregated classes.
But many parents and educators are apparently angry over the new policy, arguing that English-learners catch on more quickly when grouped with children who speak fluent English. If the goal is to get everyone speaking a common language, so everyone can communicate and function in a single, cohesive society, their argument makes total sense.
If the goal is to separate groups of people with insurmountable language barriers, then LAUSD is heading in the right direction.