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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