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?

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The schools in Oakland, California, that introduced Ebonics sought to help African-American children succeed in school by recognizing their home language and using it to teach standard English. The idea was to bridge the gap between the language students used at home and the standard English used in school, so that they could better understand and retain the material being taught.

Both Efforts to Enforce and Efforts to Deviate from Standard