[lg policy] The Colonisation of Britain Continues: 16% of Primary School Children Do not Speak English as Their Home Language

Mon May 17 14:17:07 UTC 2010

Dear Hal,

I for one would like to see the entire spectrum of laguage policy-related news coverage--from right, left and the center.  Please continue with what you have been doing and a BIG THANK YOU for doing all of that!!!

All best regards,
Rakesh

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>Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:07:36 -0400
>From: Harold Schiffman <haroldfs at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [lg policy] The Colonisation of Britain Continues: 16% of Primary School Children Do not Speak English as Their Home Language  
>To: Language Policy List <lgpolicy-list at groups.sas.upenn.edu>
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>Dear Davyth and others,
>
>Here we go again.  I tend to forward messages on the topic of language
>policy (which often
>includes immigration policy) even if they originate with groups that
>most of us would
>disagree with.  I publish a disclaimer at the end of every message,
>assuming that folks
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>opinion of myself, or
>of others on this list.  I assume (as do many others) that we need to
>know what such
>groups are saying, even if we don't agree with them.  I've gotten flak
>recently for sending
>some unpleasant messages, but most members seem to support the idea that we need
>to know who our 'enemies' are, and what they are saying.  If however
>it is the overwhelming opinion
>of members of this group that we should NOT distribute such messages,
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>(I lived through the loyalty-oath
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>Alternatively, should I "bracket" such unpleasant messages with
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>Sincerely,
>
>Hal Schiffman
>
>
>On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Davyth Hicks <davyth.hicks at eurolang.net> wrote:
>> Hi Harold,
>>
>> Are you sure that you should send out this 'report' from the far right
>> British National Party and republished on this NPI site?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Davyth Hicks
>> Eurolang
>>
>> Harold Schiffman wrote:
>>>
>>> The Colonisation of Britain Continues: 16% of Primary School Children
>>> Do not Speak English as Their Home Language
>>>
>>> According to figures released in 2008, more than 30 state schools in
>>> England were made up solely of ethnic minority pupils with no white
>>> children on the roll. The rapid takeover of Britain by non-indigenous
>>> peoples has been confirmed by new Department of Education figures
>>> which have revealed that 16 percent of primary school children aged 11
>>> and under speak English as a second language. This translates to
>>> 518,020 pupils. In secondary schools, around 11.6 percent or 378,210
>>> pupils do not speak English as a first language.
>>> At special schools, 9,380 pupils, or 10.9 percent, do not speak
>>> English as a first language.
>>>
>>> The final total for all schools is 905,610 pupils, or 14 percent — but
>>> this does not include second or third generation immigrant children
>>> who do speak English at home.The growth in non-indigenous pupil
>>> numbers also directly parallels the rise in pupils eligible for Free
>>> School Meals (FSM), which, according to reports, is a measure of
>>> poverty. In secondary schools, 15.4 percent, or 441,000 pupils, are
>>> eligible for the dinners, up from 14.5 percent, or 417,970 pupils last
>>> year. It means an extra 23,000 secondary school pupils are now
>>> eligible for the dinners than there were in 2009.
>>>
>>> According to University of Bristol research issued in January this
>>> year, the number of white primary school pupils in London has fallen
>>> by a quarter since 2002.The research defined a school as “minority
>>> white” if less than 30 percent of its pupil base was white. Using that
>>> measure — which is clearly inadequate — the number of white minority
>>> primary schools in London rose from 22 percent to 36 percent between
>>> 2002 and 2008. This means that only 6 percent of primary schools in
>>> London now have a “substantial white majority,” the researchers said.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/2010/05/15/the-colonisation-of-britain-continues-16-of-primary-school-children-do-not-speak-english-as-their-home-language/
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