Millions of children enter school with little knowledge of English, yet learning a second language gives students a leg up in the job market and parents want their kids to gain access to opportunities they themselves did not have. Join us to translate California's and the country's language education debate from policy chatter to classroom solutions.

Guests: 

Maria Orozco, Parent, San Jose, CA

Russ Rumberger, Director, The University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA

Lisa Jeffery, Principal, Sixty-Sixth Street Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA

Maria S. Quezada, Executive Director, California Association for Bilingual Education, Los Angeles, CA

Chaz Garcia, Teacher, Esperanza Elementary School, Oakland, CA

Original airdate: 
Tue, 2007-01-30

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