Both Efforts to Enforce and Efforts to Deviate from Standard

question 59

Multiple Choice

Both efforts to enforce and efforts to deviate from standard English in a school setting frequently evoke controversy. What did the introduction of Ebonics in Oakland, California, schools seek to accomplish?

• A) to help African American children succeed in school
• B) to introduce a new federal policy that allowed the teaching of nonstandard English
• C) to replace standard English with black English in the school district
• D) to certify teachers as proficient in black English

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