At Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island,Illinois, students set up a money supply for Haiti.

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Now,just two do. That's because - while Spanish is still the language in many homes - the children of immigrants from Cuba and other Latin nations speak English in school and on the street, wear American clothes and prefer upbeat Anglo rock music to their parents' dreamy, old Spanish ballads.

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"They've been defeated with certain desegregation efforts, " acknowledges Harvard's Gary Orfield of the Little Rock School District.

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As whites began to leave Little Rock's inner city and increasingly place their children in suburban and private schools, Little Rock School District's schools became increasingly African-American.

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Chris Heller, an attorney who represents Little Rock School District, noted Little Rock's white flight and said the school district has done all that can be expected.

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