Learning English Not Important to Suburban Cook County Teacher

The Chicago Tribune reports on the decline of the English language in Cook County,Illinois:

"Our goal is not to teach children English, per se," said Carol Crum, who oversees early childhood education in School District 130 in south suburban Cook County, a district where more than half of the student population is Latino. "That can be controversial. But it's about us building a strong language foundation and a pre-academic readiness for our children whatever their home language is."

Yet, some people look at public education as an "investment".