Fox News Debate Thursday, May 25, 2000. Dear Friends, Here's the transcript of Monday's Fox News debate on the forthcoming English for the Children initiative in Arizona, in which I participated. The facts revealed in the initial set-up piece were especially supportive. During the California campaign, the strongest argument made by the opposition was that Prop. 227 was overly sweeping, a drastic and risky educational change which would harm the academic performance of immigrant students. Now that the outstanding test scores from post-227 California have deflated this argument, pro-bilingual advocates in Arizona seem to be grasping at straws---attacking the proposal on the grounds that a Californian such as myself as no business supporting an educational effort in Arizona. I doubt this will be a very effective argument. Sincerely, Ron Unz, Chairman
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