Response RE: Unz efforts (and reaction) to put anti-bilingual education initiative on Massachusetts ballot

[Scott McGinnis]

From: Catherine Ingold [mailto:cwingold at nflc.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:27 AM


I'm thinking about what the arguments could be. Could they be that the
initiative has the intent to constrain the educational options available
to a particular group ( ethnicity/national origin) whereas decisions on
methodology for other groups are not similarly constrained by statute?
Or, going in a quite different direction, what does the body of
regulations and precedents concerning ADA compliance in schools say to
this issue?



Catherine W. Ingold, Ph. D.
Deputy Director
National Foreign Language Center
at the University of Maryland
1029 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington DC 20005
tel. 202 637 8881 x 25
fax 202 637 9244
www.nflc.org

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Scott McGinnis [mailto:smcginnis at nflc.org]
Sent:	Wednesday, August 08, 2001 9:08 AM
To:	heritage-list at Glue.umd.edu; wrivers at nflc.org; mmet at nflc.org
Subject:	FYI: Unz efforts (and reaction) to put anti-bilingual
education initiative on Massachusetts ballot



-----Original Message-----
From: FUHRIG ANNE MARIE [mailto:AFUHRIG at isbe.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 8:34 AM
To: 'Scott McGinnis'
> From: 	FUHRIG ANNE MARIE
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 07, 2001 2:57 PM
> Subject:	Legislative Limit Needed
>
>
http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/08/03/bilingual.education.ap
/ind
ex.html

>
> Friends,
> Please examine this story and think about a legislative counter effort
to
> declare ballot initiatives unconstitutional
> when they concern a minority. There are years of thoughtful
legislating
> that would be undone if this new effort would succeed. There must be a
> legislative way of limiting ballot initiatives to majority
constitutional
> issues or questions of public safety.
>
> If California and Arizona have improved academic learning through Mr.
Unz'
> initiatives, I'll gladly stand corrected.
> I suspect that, overall, they have instead dismantled functioning
systems
> that had served imigrants' acquisition of the academic language well.
> Only this key to a complete education can assure full functioning in
our
> society.  This touches on all of our self-interest because the
academic
> preparation of the next generation of fellow citizens is at stake and
> their salaries will have to fund our social security.
>
> The hipe with which the past two Unz campaigns were conducted can only
> bring about one more short-sighted decision that will in the long run
lead
> to diminished wealth. Allow me to challenge the reader to put a stop
to
> this with legislation that limits the range of issues open to ballot
> initiatives.
>
> Anne Marie Fuhrig, Ph.D.
> Assessment Division, E-216
> 100 North First Street
> Illinois State Board of Education
> Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001
>
> Phone: 217/782-4823  Fax: 217/782-6097
> website: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/isat/IMAGE.htm
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> enjoy the newest site up-dates)
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