This report on Michigan Radio, MI' NPR station, offers a little more <br />
detail than the Detroit Free Press article - and a little more cause for concern.<br />
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Keep in mind that Dearborn secondary schools are partnered with <br />
Michigan State University's Arabic Flagship, focusing primarily on <br />
curriculum development at this point. In addition, one primary and <br />
one intermediate school use one of the largest FLAP grants to support <br />
Arabic instruction and curriculum development. Like I said, this <br />
newest report is cause for concern.<br />
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http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1458253<br />
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Regards,<br />
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Jeff<br />
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Jeffrey Bale, Ph.D.<br />
Assistant Professor of Second Language Education<br />
World Languages Faculty Leader<br />
Department of Teacher Education<br />
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College of Education<br />
Michigan State University<br />
356 Erickson Hall<br />
East Lansing, MI 48824<br />
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517-353-0750 (office)<br />
517-505-8888 (cell)<br />
517-432-5092 (fax)<br />
jbale@msu.edu<br />
http://bale.wiki.educ.msu.edu/<br />
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