Martinez, who had always helped her sons with homework in their former bi-lingual school, displayed great concern that "`their grades will fall, because I"m no longer going to be able to help them as much [due to the language barrier]."" ... Martinez was unable to read the words in the textbooks and in their homework, and thus could not oversee her sons" work. ... Without the use of their native language, they don't have a base to build on."" ... Since the implementation of the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, school districts across the nation have created programs that allow non-Eng...

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