Both Efforts to Enforce and Efforts to Deviate from Standard

question 47

Multiple Choice

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

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

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