"A new proposal before the school board would force principals to learn the native language of the majority of students - for 43 percent of pupils at Dallas schools that language is Spanish."

Last time I checked, it takes 50% + 1 to make a majority. But maybe I'm the one losing his grip on the meaning of words in the English language...


I think your grip is pretty good. ;-)

But the story isn't clear. The head link is a repost of a [link|http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158289,00.html|Fox News] story. That story doesn't have a clear cite either, and browsing around the [link|http://dcptadallas.tripod.com/|Dallas PTA site] shows nothing useful related to this that I can find.

If one reads it as meaning that if a majority in a particular school is non-English speaking (while 43% of the school district as a whole is Spanish speaking), then the principal should learn that language, then it makes some sense. Whether it's policy that should be codified is something I don't have an opinion on.

Cheers,
Scott.