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2006
 | Ignorance of government and current events isn't bliss. Here's how some civic involvement programs are turning kids on and tuning them in. |
In This Issue
Several districts share their tactics for dealing with fewer students
More than 40 percent of the state’s 977 school districts report shrinking enrollment numbers—not just small, rural districts where declining enrollment has become endemic, but also large, urban districts where growth was, until recently, a way of life.
Educating English learners in a post-Prop. 227 world
Proponents of Proposition 227—the “English for the Children” initiative that passed with more than 61 percent of the vote—saw bilingual education as a trap that segregated English learners in dead-end classes that left the students unprepared for life and work in the United States. Better, they argued, to eliminate the use of any language except English—this country’s lingua franca.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about his goals for California public education.
Scott P. Plotkin is executive director of the California School Boards Association.
The state treasurer and Democratic candidate for governor discusses his plans for public education in California.
The LegiSchool program shows young people how government impacts their daily lives.