Monthly Archives: January 1998

Conservative Fringe Paranoia

As you might be aware, the “lunatic fringe” of the anti-immigrant conservative movement has recently begun denouncing our “English for the Children” initiative as a plot by MALDEF and the bilingual teachers to preserve and protect bilingual education in California, … Continue reading

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Our Town Television Discussion

English for the Children Television Discussion with Ron Unz and Sue Perez Our Town, KTBN/Santa Ana, Thursday, January 29th, 1998, 31:43 Discussion of California initiative to dismantle bilingual education with Sue Perez and Ron Unz of English for the Children

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English for the Children Campaign Notes

Leaf-Blowers 1, Bilingual Education 0 Even after Prop. 187, there are those who say that Latinos immigrants are politically inert, and unwilling to involve themselves in public activity. These skeptics have now been proven completely wrong.

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Ron Unz: “Latino Children Deserve More Than Just Half an Education”

In a stunning piece of investigative journalism, Terri Hardy of the Los Angeles Daily News has revealed that the Los Angeles Unified School District regularly provides Latino children in “bilingual” programs with just half a day of academic instruction—with the … Continue reading

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New Year’s Resolution for California

For those of you not already aware, our initiative campaign and all of California’s immigrant children received an early Christmas present last week, when the Secretary of State’s Office officially announced that a sufficient number of the nearly 800,000 signatures … Continue reading

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