I worked in TX public education for 30 years. The high rate of Hispanics in the state dictates that all the state testing also be provided in Spanish. All other language speakers are allowed to participate in a Newcomer’s program that teaches them English but it is only for the first year in a public school. Because of the influence of La Raza, all state testing (and most district testing) is required to be given in Spanish. It is not required to speak Spanish in the classroom however.
Hispanics must want to be segregated because nothing is more segregating than language.
I recently had some new tile put in the kitchen and the middle eastern guy I was dealing with at the store told me he had been here about 6 years - three of which were high school years. He didn’t speak any english when he got here and only had one class to help him learn, the rest he was just put into a regular classroom. I was impressed that he learned so quickly and did well.
I find it sad that the immediate urgency of learning the language of the country in which you reside seems to fall by the wayside.
One of my best friends is Hispanic, although she has been here since she was two. She and her sisters have acted as translators for their parents and still do. (They both speak English...but Spanish is more comfortable for them.) When she started kindergarten...it was a total immersion situation. I don’t know if that is the best way...but she said she learned darn fast.
As a side note...she is one of the most intelligent people I have ever met and advanced in our company to one of the highest,best paid positions. That would have not happened if all she spoke was Spanish. La Raza does people a huge disservice.
I recall from Robert Caro's first biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, that Johnson (as a Texas schoolteacher) insisted, very strictly and with a great deal of discipline, that his (largely Hispanic) students speak ONLY English in class.
Accomodating them only ensures they won’t assimilate. When many Mexicans in California voted against bilingual education, it turned out they simply wanted their children to have better jobs than they had. That was years ago, and they already realized that their children would be marginalized without English immersion. Libs were furious...