End Is Near in a Fight on Teaching of English

Published: May 19, 2009

NOGALES, Ariz. — When Miriam Flores was a student at Coronado Elementary School, her mother, also named Miriam, was surprised to learn that she was getting in trouble.

Chris Hinkle for The New York Times

Miriam Flores, with a daughter, Isabella, who she hopes will be helped by a lawsuit filed on behalf of an older daughter. “Her teacher said she was talking in class,â€