On a recent day in Lopez's third-grade English class in Miami, the students learned the four points of the compass by reading and acting out a poem.

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Voters also will decide the fate of Prop. 227, a measure aimed at teaching students almost exclusively in English after a one-year transition class.

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In fact, the students themselves translated the class for free from English into 44 languages.

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The class continues for about an hour with students repeating and learning greetings in English.

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