Canada: N.B. compromises on cuts to French immersion, offers program in Grade 3

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The Canadian Press



N.B. compromises on cuts to French immersion, offers program in Grade 3



The New Brunswick government admitted it learned important political
lessons on Tuesday as it modified a controversial decision to scrap
early immersion in the province's English schools. Premier Shawn
Graham and Education Minister Kelly Lamrock announced the return of
early French immersion, beginning in Grade 3, after weathering a
firestorm of criticism over the decision to axe the Grade 1 immersion
program. "No one gives you a manual on how to govern," Graham said
ruefully as he acknowledged the difficulty of French education issues
in Canada's only officially bilingual province.



Full story:

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtl8cV_WR19BKw5au82XOAsiFZ6Q




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