Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education | Bilingual Education Has Not Inhibited Immigrant Assimilation
Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute at Washington, D.C. This viewpoint is adapted from his book The Way We Were?: The Myths and Realities of America’s Student Achievement.
Summary: Through the years, research findings on the effectiveness or noneffectiveness of bilingual education and English-only approaches have not been definitive. This has allowed the intense debate between proponents and opponents of bilingual education to continue. Both sides cite case studies to support their claims, but they may never...
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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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