洛杉矶市议员兼市长候选人尼蒂亚·拉曼周二批评特朗普政府，针对一项拟议的联邦规则发起抨击，该规则将要求全国的“开端计划”项目全部用英语进行教学，此举正值卫生与公众服务部（HHS）考虑对联邦学前教育项目进行全面改革之际。
Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman criticized the Trump administration Tuesday over a proposed federal rule that would require Head Start programs nationwide to conduct all education in English taking aim at the policy as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) considers a sweeping overhaul of the federal preschool program.
拉曼在X平台的帖子中表示，拟议的变更将使“开端计划”偏离多语言教学，并对洛杉矶等社区产生不成比例的影响，在这些社区，大量儿童入学时家庭使用的不是英语。该提案出台之际，加州“开端计划”项目正为数万名双语学习者提供服务。
Raman said in an X thread that the proposed change would move Head Start away from multilingual instruction and disproportionately affect communities such as Los Angeles, where large numbers of children enter classrooms speaking a language other than English at home. The proposal comes as California Head Start programs serve tens of thousands of dual-language learners.
“作为市长，我将反击特朗普摧毁一项让每个洛杉矶儿童都能拥有良好开端的计划的企图，”她说。“我将动用市长办公室的全部力量对抗这项残酷的强制令，并与我们的学区合作，在必要时提起联合诉讼，以保护家庭的权利。”
"As mayor, I will fight back against Trump’s plan to gut a program that gives every LA child a strong start," she said. "I'll bring the full weight of the mayor's office to fight this cruel mandate and work with our school district to call for a joint lawsuit if needed to protect our families' rights."
洛杉矶市长选举将进入11月决选，凯伦·巴斯面临“马姆达尼式社会主义者” 遗产基金会研究员科里·德安杰利斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时回应了拉曼的批评，辩称关于教学语言的争论凸显了联邦项目更广泛的问题。
LA MAYORAL RACE HEADS TO NOVEMBER RUNOFF AS KAREN BASS FACES MAMDANI-STYLE SOCIALIST Corey DeAngelis, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, responded to Raman’s criticism in a statement to Fox News Digital, arguing the debate over language instruction underscored broader problems with the federal program.
“‘开端计划’应该终止，”他说。“权威的联邦评估发现，它无法以任何持久的方式改善学生成果，却耗费了纳税人巨额资金。”
"Head Start should be sunset," he said. "The gold-standard federal evaluation found it does not improve student outcomes in any lasting way, and it costs taxpayers a ton of money."
特朗普政府拟议的“开端计划”改革由卫生与公众服务部于8月宣布，将要求项目“全部用英语向儿童进行教育”。母语非英语且不会说英语的儿童将必须优先接受英语教学。某些使用部落语言的美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民“开端计划”项目将获豁免。
The Trump administration's proposed Head Start overhaul, announced by HHS in August would require programs to "conduct all education to children in English." Children whose native language is not English and who do not speak English would have to receive priority for English instruction. Certain American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs using Tribal languages would be exempt.
美国学校的成本比以往任何时候都高，但我们的学生仍然不断失败。德安吉利斯反驳了拉曼的批评，认为政府的提案能更好地让“启蒙计划”的儿童为英语课堂做好准备。
AMERICAN SCHOOLS COST MORE THAN EVER BUT OUR STUDENTS STILL KEEP FAILING DeAngelis pushed back on Raman's criticism, arguing the administration's proposal would better prepare Head Start children for English-language classrooms.
他说：“尼蒂亚·拉曼攻击特朗普政府要求‘启蒙计划’教授英语。英语是美国学校的语言。如果该项目不教英语，当这些课堂被降低水准时，有英语孩子的美国家庭就要付出代价。”美国卫生与公众服务部表示，这一变化旨在为儿童入学做准备，并使“启蒙计划”与唐纳德·特朗普总统将英语指定为美国官方语言的行政命令保持一致。该部发言人说，“启蒙计划”旨在帮助儿童做好入学准备，而扎实的英语基础是这一准备的重要组成部分。
"Nithya Raman is attacking the Trump administration for requiring Head Start to teach English," he said. "English is the language of American schools. If the program won’t teach it, American families with English-speaking kids pay the price when those classrooms get dumbed down." HHS said the change is intended to prepare children for school and align Head Start with President Donald Trump's executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. An HHS spokesperson said Head Start is designed to prepare children to enter school and described a strong foundation in English as an important part of that preparation.
美国卫生与公众服务部发言人告诉《洛杉矶时报》：“‘启蒙计划’旨在帮助幼儿做好入学准备，而提供扎实的英语基础是这一准备的关键部分。”
"Head Start is designed to prepare young children to be ready to enter school, and providing a firm foundation in the English language is a critical part of that preparation," an HHS spokesperson told The Los Angeles Times.
亲特朗普团体领导新联盟削弱教师工会。这项拟议规则逆转了现行“启蒙计划”法规，后者要求各项目同时支持英语习得和儿童的家庭语言。联邦官员估计，大约三分之一的非部落“启蒙计划”课堂可能会受到这一语言变化的影响。
PRO-TRUMP GROUP LEADS NEW COALITION TO UNDERCUT TEACHERS UNIONS The proposed rule represents a reversal from existing Head Start regulations that call on programs to support both English acquisition and children’s home languages. Federal officials estimated roughly one-third of non-Tribal Head Start classrooms could be affected by the language change.
根据联邦启蒙计划办公室的数据，加利福尼亚州在2024财年获得了近15亿美元的年度运营资金，用于启蒙学前班和早期启蒙计划。该州在这两个项目中共有68，126个联邦资助的入学名额，不包括美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民以及流动和季节性启蒙计划。在全国范围内，启蒙计划办公室2024-25项目年的数据显示，超过28.3万名参与者要么生活在主要使用非英语语言的家庭中，要么在英语之外还在学习另一种语言。
California received nearly $1.5 billion in annual operations funding for Head Start Preschool and Early Head Start in fiscal year 2024, according to the federal Office of Head Start. The state had 68,126 federally funded enrollment slots across those two programs, excluding American Indian and Alaska Native and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs. Nationally, Office of Head Start data for the 2024-25 program year show more than 283,000 participants either lived in households where a language other than English was primarily spoken or were learning another language in addition to English.
洛杉矶县共和党主席罗克珊·霍格也批评了拉曼对拟议英语语言要求的反对，认为联邦政府有利益确保接受纳税人资助的启蒙计划服务的儿童熟练掌握英语。
Roxanne Hoge, chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Republican Party, also criticized Raman’s opposition to the proposed English-language requirement, arguing the federal government has an interest in ensuring children receiving taxpayer-funded Head Start services become proficient in English.
点击此处获取更多媒体与文化报道 “我觉得很有意思的是，尼蒂亚·拉曼对美国纳税人赠予的礼物提出要求，”她说。“英语是美国人相互交流的方式，政府有利益让每个人都熟练掌握我们国家的语言。”
CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "I find it fascinating that Nithya Raman is making demands of a gift bestowed by American taxpayers," she said. "English is the way Americans communicate with each other, and the government has an interest in everyone becoming proficient in our country's language."
“父母可以而且确实可以为孩子选择各种学校，来学习我们在洛杉矶使用的众多语言——从亚美尼亚语到希伯来语再到西班牙语等等。不要再提要求，开始适应吧。我是四个孩子的母亲，也是一名移民，既然她认为这很重要。”福克斯新闻数字频道联系了拉曼、白宫和卫生与公众服务部寻求置评，但未立即收到回复。
"Parents can and do have a variety of school options for their children to learn the plethora of languages we speak in LA — from Armenian to Hebrew to Spanish and beyond. Stop demanding and start adapting. I am a mother of four and also an immigrant, since she thinks that's relevant." Fox News Digital reached out to Raman, the White House and HHS for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.