The New York Times reports on a plan to introduce 40 new bilingual school programs to New York City
The New York City Education Department plans to expand dual-language programs offered in public schools, using the orchestra of local languages to spread bilingual little symphonies across the five boroughs — and perhaps to attract more middle-class families to poorer schools in the process.
Carmen Fariña, the city’s schools chancellor, herself a Spanish-English bilingual, said at the launch:
“It’s one thing to go out with Japanese businessmen who all speak English; it’s another thing to be able to have some dinner conversation in their language,” Ms. Fariña said. “That means you’re coming to the table with a different form of respect, a different form of acknowledgment, and people accept and honor that.”
Other experts cited in the article report on the many other benefits of bilingual schooling for everyone.
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New York Times, Jan 14, 2015
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