The Unz initiative campaign doubly debases democracy. It is a campaign based on deception, and the initiative's objective is the denial of fundamental rights. When Blacks and Hispanics in this racially polarized city fought over a vacant City Commission seat, Henry Crespo stepped in and offered himself as the solution. Being both Black and Cuban, and a Spanish-speaker who lives in a Black neighborhood, Crespo said he could bridge their worlds. Orange Unified officials are elated as restraining order on English-immersion plan is lifted.
Foes vow to continue battle.
In a case testing the legality of alternatives to bilingual education, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Orange Unified School District may renew a controversial program to teach Spanish-speaking children almost entirely in English. Lawsuit Alleges Campaign Against County's First Jewish Pupils. Federal Officials Take Denver To Task Over Bilingual Ed. The federal government and the Denver school district are at odds over the direction of bilingual education in the city's schools. A growing racial gap between educators and students in California's public schools has spurred competition among districts to hire scarce minority candidates and sparked a debate over the importance of race in teaching.