[CurlyDave]

The panic among the Hispanic parents indicates that the goal wasn't achieved. Their children are being advanced to a school system where they are expected to have achieved fluency in English. Your native English speaking children won't have a problem.

Just because someone named Rivera says it, it does not mean there is panic among the hispanic parents.

Think this one through with me. Why would hispanic parents fear that their children would be losing their spanish if that is their first language? The only students at risk for losing the spanish they have learned are the english-speakers.

[Myrddin]

Why would hispanic parents fear that their children would be losing their spanish if that is their first language? The only students at risk for losing the spanish they have learned are the english-speakers.

There was no evidence offered about the first language of the hispanic students. It wouldn't be a matter of "losing their Spanish". It would be a matter of not getting any further instruction in a language they understand. The article only cites improvements in scores relatives to their peers. How do they perform compared to students at that grade level across the country based on standardized exams?

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

"...The panic among the Hispanic parents indicates that the goal wasn't achieved..."Actually, it indicates that the parents are prone to emotion, and not afflicted by pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstrap-itis.