... non-Englishspeaking students from their peers and createsa ghetto effect that may actually slow the learning of English while encouraging nega-tive behavior such as gangs. Thao told how shewas born ... foreign language when you’rearound people who speak it fluently. Well,why not the same for kids learning English?”she wrote.Gonzales’ story was quite different: Bornin Mexico, she moved to ... EdwardJames Olmos, came to theUnited States at age 32with no English. Heworked in menial jobswhile learning the lan-guage and earning ateaching degree, then pro-ceeded to teach poor, inner-city...