Controversy Brews Over State-Mandated English Policy In Arizona

NPR (1/4, Sanchez) reported on its Website, "Up until the late 1990s, schools in Arizona relied on various approaches to teaching English-language learners. Bilingual education was especially popular, although with mixed results, so it was banned in 2000" and in "its place, the state mandated a highly prescriptive four-hour block called Structured English Immersion that some teachers today call inadequate."