BM>  FT> highly dedicated teachers trying to improve *their* 
BM> communication for
BM>  FT> results we all believe in.
BM> 
BM>  ... what would those results be in this case Frank?  Further 
BM> expanding
BM>  the gap in the name of ethnic identity?  Perhaps you should speak
BM>  with educators in traditionally Black universities to get a real 
BM> feel
BM>  for what those folks think about street dialect and standard 
BM> English.
    One result of the Ebonics programs is near-certainly to widen not only 
the black-white gap in academic achievement, but particularly also the gap 
between middle-class blacks and poor blacks.
--- Simplex BBS (v1.07.00Beta [DOS])
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