"If the school board adopts this plan, Los Angeles would be a pacesetter in the country in terms of aggressiveness of a plan to broaden Mandarin programs," Kwoh said. "This is a very aggressive plan." I agree that Mandarin Chinese will indeed become more and more critical in the global economic future. But, should the school district with one of the lowest graduation rates, and lowest English speaking student body be the districts embracing "a very aggressive pace-setting plan?
Saturday, August 30, 2008
LAUSD Ready For More Mandarin Chinese Language (Even Though Many Still Don't Know English)
"If the school board adopts this plan, Los Angeles would be a pacesetter in the country in terms of aggressiveness of a plan to broaden Mandarin programs," Kwoh said. "This is a very aggressive plan." I agree that Mandarin Chinese will indeed become more and more critical in the global economic future. But, should the school district with one of the lowest graduation rates, and lowest English speaking student body be the districts embracing "a very aggressive pace-setting plan?