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Essay heading: Student Diversity
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In the next twenty-five years, the school system will become increasingly diverse. Researchers have reported that by 2020, students of color will represent nearly half of the elementary and secondary population.
Throughout the 20th century, schools have stressed the importance of learning a non-English language, preferably Spanish... displayed 300 characters
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Due to the variety of immigrant languages, the teaching of English in the U.S. public schools is complicated. In 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census showed us the language spoken at home (Table 4-7).
Table 4-7. Top 15 Languages Other Than English Spoken at Home, 1990 and 1980 (numbers in thousands)
Language 1990 1980 Percent Change, 1980-1990
Spanish 17,345 11,116 56%
French 1,930 1,609 20
German 1,548 1,587 -2
Chinese 1,319 631 109
Italian 1,309 1,618 -19
Tagalog (Filipino) 843 452 87
Polish 723 821 -12
Korean 626 266 135
Vietnamese 507 195 161
Portuguese 431 352 22
Japanese 428 336 27
Greek 388 401 -3
Arabic 355 217 63
Hindi (Urdu) 331 130 155
Russian 242 173 40
Source: U... displayed next 300 characters
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