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A 5 page paper that considers the problems, issues and situations that occur as California classrooms become increasingly bilingual, and also provides an overview of techniques to improve student outcomes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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critics suggest that bilingual settings are decreasing the outcomes for non-Hispanic students. In order to address this problem from both an educational and sociological perspective, it is necessary to recognize
the changing status of California schools, address increasing ethnic diversity, and determine what efforts can be made to incorporate bilingual education and cultural differences into the California classroom. By
determining the overall impacts of changes in the demographics of public education, educators can better address the necessary changes in their classrooms. In 1987, a study of the changing demographics
of the state of California reflected the speed at which state populations were changing. In a study by Schreiner (1987), the figures produced suggest that during the late 1980s,
California gained over 200 foreign-born Hispanics every day, and that women in Hispanic populations had a fertility rate of approximately 3.2 births per woman, more than double the rate for
non-Hispanic whites in California. These figures support the fact that 11 years later, public schools have had to address the constantly increasing numbers of Hispanics in the classroom. In
recent years, the figures related to Californias educational budgets reflect this focus. In 1997, approximately 1.3 million children, almost one quarter of all of Californias school-aged population, attended bilingual
classes (Anonymous, 1997). These classes were incorporated at a cost of approximately $300 million a year, and this has provided a tremendous financial incentive for developing efficacy within these
programs (Anonymous, 1997). Bilingual teachers are generally paid as much as $5000 more a year than other teachers and numerous federal and state grants have emerged to support the
progress in bilingual education (Anonymous, 1997). The first concern that is commonly voiced regarding the increasing population of Hispanic school children is the fact that many come from very homogeneous
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