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Brisk stresses bilingual education for Americans
Daily Free Press. When Maria E. Brisk came to America as a graduate student, she was lucky enough to be fluent in English as well as her native Spanish. But the Boston University p…
Debunking the Myths of the Unz Initiative
English is still being taught to immigrants but not in the manner and pace that nativists would like. The opponents of Bilingual Education feel that a child, regardless of age, mus…
English Immersion--A Necessary Lesson
Congressman Wally Herger on English Immersion. My father grew up in a household where only Swiss German was spoken. When my father started school, however, he rapidly assimilated t…
Hoover Essay- Bilingual Education: A Critique
The evolution of the bilingual education debate from its origin in the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Bilingual Education Act (1968).
Hundreds Wait for Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times - Hundreds of students whose parents have petitioned for bilingual education in the Los Angeles school system are in limbo while principals try to arrange bilingu…
IDRA Newsletter: Bilingual Education
A number of articles about the issue from the Intercultural Development Research Association.
Issues Page: Bilingual Education
An article from Education Week which examines different bilingual program models and reviews the debate over bilingual education. Includes links to related Education Week articles.
Massnews.com - Bilingual Education Troubled Program
Massachusetts has over 40,000 bilingual education students, and is one of only nine states in the US to require bilingual education in all districts where there is a sufficient num…
Online NewsHour Forum: Bilingual Education -- September 29, 1997
An excellent examination of the debate over bilingual education by PBS.
Opinions Vary on Studies That Back Bilingual Classes
Los Angeles Times. As the debate over bilingual education bounds toward a spring ballot initiative, two studies scheduled to be released today land on the side of teaching children…
The Bilingual Debate Index Page
Now that Proposition 227 has been approved, how should it be implemented?
The Case Against Biligual Education
Atlantic Monthly: Why even Latino parents are rejecting bilingual education.
The Pros of Bilingual Education
Commentary by Domenico Maceri, The Denver Business Journal.
U.S. Bilingual Education Funds Ruled Out for Ebonics Speakers
Washington Post article about the Clinton administration's declaration of "black English" as a form of slang, and therefore programs which teach otherwise cannot do so w…
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