Both Efforts to Enforce and Efforts to Deviate from Standard

Multiple Choice

Both efforts to enforce and efforts to deviate from standard English in a school setting frequently evoke controversy. What did the introduction of Ebonics in Oakland, California, schools seek to accomplish?

A) to help African American children succeed in school
B) to introduce a new federal policy that allowed the teaching of nonstandard English
C) to replace standard English with black English in the school district
D) to certify teachers as proficient in black English