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  227
The show, 227, initially aired in September 1985, played five seasons on NBC before its final episode in July 1990.
In its earliest episodes, 227 was criticized as being too much like The Cosby Show, another highly successful, predominantly African-American situation-comedy broadcast on NBC at the same time.
Rose, the landlady of building 227, often sat with Mary on the front steps, the two laughing and gossiping about various other residents.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/T/htmlT/227/227.htm   (620 words)

  
  Proposition 227's Second Anniversary   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Proposition 227 acts as a long-term deterrent to bilingual college graduates to enter the teaching profession because they wish to avoid not only the law's legal sanctions, but the disrespectful and discriminatory treatment the law institutionalizes in the public schools and legitimizes in the minds of the public.
Proposition 227 may have served to assuage the fears of the majority that demographic changes will lead to their loss of power and control over the definition of what it means to be American.
The results of passage of Proposition 227 are yet to be fully documented, but the experiences of many educators in dealing with its implementation have been highly negative and detrimental to students and their families.
coe.sdsu.edu /people/jmora/Prop227/227YearTwo.htm   (8017 words)

  
 CMMR: PREVIOUSLY POSTED 227 NEWS ARTICLES - April, 1999
PLF, which thus far has succeeded in defending the initiative in a separate court case, sought to intervene in a new lawsuit recently filed by the California Teachers Association and other groups who are challenging a section of Proposition 227 that gives parents and guardians a private right of action to enforce the measure.
227 requires non-English-speaking students to take classes in which "nearly all" instruction is in English, taught at a slower pace.
227 hasn't been the death knell that both fans and foes predicted.
www.usc.edu /dept/education/CMMR/227/aftermath_April99.html   (628 words)

  
 UC LMRI Proposition 227
227, that the five percent annual reclassification rate of English learners to fluent English proficient indicated bilingual education was a failure...
Proposition 227, passed by a 61% majority of California voters on June 2, 1998—severely restricted the use of primary language for instructional purposes, and instead provided a transitional program of “structured English immersion” that was not normally to last more than one year.
This paper examines Proposition 227 and the driving forces behind it and provides a history of language policy, discusses how over time instruction in English became dominant for new immigrants, and presents a summmary of why initial bilingual education policies were enacted nationally and in California.
lmri.ucsb.edu /resources/prop227.php   (1298 words)

  
 227 TV Show - 227 Television Show - TV.com
Mary's best friend was Rose Lee Holloway, who used to sit out with her on the stoop of the apartment building (#227) and discuss many things,...
Mary dreams that she's homeless after misinterpreting a plea for help from a street person (homeless advocate Theodore Hayes) as a threat to her safety.
Tell the world what you think of 227, write a review for this show.
www.tv.com /227/show/711/summary.html   (576 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Education -- Evaluating English learning
Voters approved Proposition 227 in 1998 to require English learners to be taught “overwhelmingly” in English for a year and then transferred to English-only classrooms.
Students in bilingual education receive part of their instruction in their native language, and the primary language of 85 percent of non-English-speaking students in California is Spanish.
Proposition 227 passed in 1998 with the approval of 61 percent of voters statewide.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/education/20060222-9999-7m22english.html   (913 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
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caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&navby=vol&vol=227   (672 words)

  
 227 Photos, Cast, Episodes for 227 | TVGuide.com
The show was based on the play `227,' which featured series star Marla Gibbs.
There are no fan group posts for 227.
There are no message board posts for 227.
www.tvguide.com /tvshows/227/199556   (64 words)

  
 Amazon.com: 227 - The Complete First Season: DVD: Alaina Reed Hall,Jackée Harry,Regina King,Helen Martin (II),Curtis ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The first season of 227 we really learn about the foundation of the characters on 227, Mary, Lester and her daughter Brenda.
It was nice to see Marla Gibb in a role where she wasn't a maid but a wife and mother.
Set in Washington, DC, the series follows the residents of building number 227, a solidly middle-class apartment house located in a neighbor that is rapidly becoming gentrified with posh condominiums.
www.amazon.com /227-Complete-Alaina-Reed-Hall/dp/B0002O7Y8U   (2028 words)

  
 "227" (1985)
The cast would frequently be found sitting outside on a large set of stone stairs...
227 was another one of those harmless African-American sitcoms that graced television during the late 1980s.
This one focused on family life in a neighborhood in Washington D.C. where Mary [Marla Gibbs] and Rose [Alaina Reed Hall] would sit on the stoop of their apartment building and gossip.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0088470   (446 words)

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