Education
English-only instruction proposedTeach Puerto Rico’s preschoolers in a language most teachers do not speak
The English-only plan has reached Puerto Rico ahead of the English-speaking teachers.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Health and Human Services
- Status
- English-only instruction proposed
- Due
- When the final Head Start rule is issued
- Paying for it
- Head Start programs, Puerto Rican teachers and families
ACTIVITY
UpdatedWe made English the Official Language! Now they say the Teachers don't speak it..... that's what TRAINING is for!
ENGLISH, that's the assignment!
Puerto Rico reported that 99% of participating children come from Spanish-speaking homes.
Workforce Planning found English fluency among fewer than 10% of the island’s Head Start teachers.
I want the Children doing very Goodly, English Goodly, the BESTEST Education! They'll correct my sentence before training ONE Teacher.
Implementation added waivers beneath Available upon request.
They need Training, fine, TRAIN THEM! I didn't say wake up tomorrow an English Professor (some very bad ones, by the way!), half the time you can't understand what those people are saying.
PUBLIC RECORD
The administration has proposed requiring Head Start instruction to be conducted exclusively in English. Puerto Rico has more than 700 centers serving about 25,000 children, nearly all from Spanish-speaking homes. Local program leaders warn of teacher departures, training costs and developmental problems; HHS says waivers may be available.