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First, the word "ebonics," which dates back to the early 1970s and has been used even in some public-school settings without controversy for years, may seem to be putting on airs, but what many linguists prefer to call "Black English Vernacular" or "African-American Vernacular English" is a major linguistic stream that has been flowing within recognizable channels for centuries.
I haven't thought as much as I should have about school choice, but the parents I know who have been able to pick from a variety of public schools have been glad of it--and have stuck with the public-school system when they otherwise would have left.
Also, some black leaders in the '60s sought control over their local public schools, which prefigures the current enthusiasm many African-Americans have for running their own charter schools within the public-school system.
In the spirit of Richard Lederer's “World According to Student Bloopers” [XIII, 3], I enclose a collection of fourth-grade students' replies to test questions, given to me by a public-school teacher when I taught at the University of Texas at Austin.
True, there is a risk that in promoting public-school alternatives, neighborhood schools will be left with the most difficult-to-educate children and not enough resources to meet the task.