Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education | Two-Way Bilingual Programs Benefit Both English- and Non-English-Speaking Students
Wayne P. Thomas is professor of research and evaluation methods at the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. Virginia P. Collier is professor of bilingual/multicultural/ESL education in the same department and university. The authors are also researchers with the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE), funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
Summary: In a two-way bilingual education program, language-minority students and native English speakers receive...
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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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