Posted on 11/27/2023 8:16:01 AM PST by MtnClimber
The district would encourage non-English speaking students to be able to use their native language to learn as opposed to being educated in English, which advocates say is oppressive and rooted in racism.
The Denver school district is among the first in the country to adopt a “language justice” policy as a "long term goal."
The district would encourage non-English speaking students to be able to use their native language to learn as opposed to being educated in English, which advocates say is oppressive and rooted in racism.
Denver schools had about 90,250 students in 2022 with 35,000 multilingual learners with home languages other than English. The district has 200 languages spoken across the district, with Spanish as the home language for the majority of those.
The district included a draft of an equity document that includes a policy statement on "language justice." It was included in the Nov. 16 school board agenda. The document includes this definition for "language justice": "The notion of respecting every individual's fundamental language rights – to be able to communicate, understand, and be understood in the language in which they prefer and feel most articulate and powerful."
The district didn't respond to an email seeking comment. It's not clear how much such a policy would cost and the district didn't provide details in the school board agenda packet of how to implement it.
The Colorado chapter of the education advocacy organization Stand For Children stated it worked with the Denver school district to get the language justice policy adopted.
"We will continue to work with school leaders and staff to help provide knowledge of these policies and strategies to accomplish language justice in every classroom and school," Colorado Stand For Children posted on its website.
The Community Language Cooperative, which has advocated for language justice, referred to a chart that explained what is involved in the program.
"The organization has allocated significant funds to language justice efforts. This is a yearly budget line item," the chart states.
It also states that meetings or public events "are facilitated in the represented languages. ... Interpretation is made available to all participants, not just the non-English speakers."
The organization would also hire bilingual staff members, put them in leadership positions and pay them "equitably" to "ensure that bilingualism is a valued skill for the organization."...
It is orchestrated division between groups. A marxist strategy to create more “oppressed” groups.
Insane.
So while the rest of the world learns English to compete in the business world, we’re discouraging people from learning English. Brilliant!
Sunset on E Pluribus Unum
My grandparents (both sides) were Louisiana Cajuns and were forbidden to use their native French in school. Somehow, they did quite well, and still retained their abilities in their first language. Again, we see the results of leftist low expectations coupled with inability to teach. Oops, I meant ‘eddikate’.
Communist bait and switch.
The Bolsheviks originally encouraged local automony and language. Then Stalin put an end to that, and made Russian the mandatory first language for all citizens of The Soviet Union.
Ugh
Language Justice, meaning pig pile time on all White languages, just to make sure no one understands anything anyone says.
Haitian level poverty results when a country speaks a language others do not understand.
Here’s an alternate idea: dump ESL, and put immersive language programs like Rosetta Stone in the classrooms. I base that on the two six-week immersion classes I took when I was stationed in Germany.
Yay! Balkanize harder! That always unites people.
Or Duolingo. It’s free.
More SJW (Social Justice Warrior) b#ll sh#t.
The purpose is to put politically connected Native Americans in well-paid jobs.
Hopefully, they’ll be grateful when the political contribution hat is held out.
Intentionally divisive. More attempts to create discord in our country.
My mother was born to immigrant parents.
My mother learned to speak English well.
English is the language of Science & Technology, Finance & Business.
By all means, let’s teach our students in a language that nobody outside their tribal areas understands. That will make them permanently disabled and unable to advance their communities and their children in the 21st century.......................
Just adding a ton more confusion to schools and make students hate it even more
“Language justice” is just a Marxist phrase for using balkanization to destroy the United States.
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