Re: Public and parochial Schools

Ken Goodman (kgoodman who-is-at u.arizona.edu)
Mon, 24 May 1999 09:23:55 -0700

In Latin America, where education tends to be a half day, there are many
bilingual schools that essentially are two separate schools with
separate curricula: for example in Buenos Aires the British (private)
schools have Spanish and English each for a half day. The faculties are
different (with different paths to certification) And subjects such as
science are redundant: English biology and Spanish biology for example.
In most of Latin America, one reason for sending kids to private schools
is so they will get bilingual education. Incidentally teachers are paid
so poorly that many are taxi teachers. They teach in one school in the
morning, grab a taxi and teach in another in the afternoon.
-- 
Kenneth S. Goodman, Professor, Language, Reading & Culture
504 College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ     
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