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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 524. There are several different ideas about how to teach children who don't speak English when they enter our public schools. Please look at the card and tell me which statement best describes how you feel: 1. All classes should be conducted only in English so that children have to learn English right from the start. 2. Children who don't know English should have classes in their native language just for a year or two until they learn English. 3. Students who want to keep up with their native languages and cultures should be able to take many of the classes in Spanish or other languages all the way through high school.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 1-2 yrs in native lang | all classes in english | don't know | native lang thru hs | no answer | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1518 | 687 | 512 | 41 | 223 | 11 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 70916 | 687 | 512 | 41 | 223 | 11 | 72390 |
1 all classes in english
2 1-2 yrs in native lang
3 native lang thru hs
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook