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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> Post</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Teachers council blasts <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State> policy on accents</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The National Council of Teachers of English has finally issued a condemnation of a policy in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State> in which teachers who speak English with a heavy accent or exhibit poor grammar are being removed from classes for students still learning English. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">News that <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State> was auditing classrooms has been circulating from media outlet to media outlet for weeks, and now, the council is weighing in.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Full story:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/teachers/teachers-council-blasts-arizon.html</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>