Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education | Bilingual Education Harms Non-English- Speaking Students
Peter Duignan, a senior fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution, has written and edited more than forty books and monographs, including The Hispanics in the United States: A History (with L.H. Gann) and The Rebirth of the West: The Americanization of the Democratic World, 1945–1958.
Summary: Most studies done by independent researchers show that bilingual education does not work, is costly, is divisive, and inhibits Spanish speakers’ ability to compete in American society. Hispanics taught in bilingual programs tend to fall behind their...
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Table of Contents
- Bilingual Education: A Historical Overview
- Bilingual Education Has Led to the Segregation of Non- English-Speaking Students
- Bilingual Education Has Not Inhibited Immigrant Assimilation
- Bilingual Education Harms Non-English- Speaking Students
- Two-Way Bilingual Programs Benefit Both English- and Non-English-Speaking Students
- English-Only Education Should Be Standard in Most Schools
- English-Only Education Ignores Social and Political Realities
- English Immersion Has Led to Higher Test Scores
- English Immersion Has Not Been Proven to Raise Test Scores
- English Should Remain the Primary Language of the United States
- Americans Should Not Fear Language Diversity
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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