News and Media

See also:

• Reference: Education: K through 12: Bilingual Education: Practice  (54)
• Reference: Education: Organizations: Bilingual Education  (7)
• Society: Issues: Education: Bilingual Education: Policy and Legislation  (4)

Online NewsHour Forum: Bilingual Education -- September 29, 1997 -  .

- An excellent examination of the debate over bilingual education by PBS.

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, must be placed in an intensive English-only learning environment, without regard to any other parts of the curriculum.

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).

IDRA Newsletter: Bilingual Education - - A number of articles about the issue from the Intercultural Development Research Association.

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 number of students who are not proficient in English.

Twisted Tongues: The Failure of Bilingual Education - - Article by Rosalie Pedalino Porter of the READ Institute arguing that bilingual education represents a radically departure from treatment of earlier generations of immigrant children and a form of segregation.

The Pros of Bilingual Education - - Commentary by Domenico Maceri, The Denver Business Journal. (June 7, 1999)

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 bilingual classes. (October 23, 1998)

The Case Against Biligual Education - - Atlantic Monthly: Why even Latino parents are rejecting bilingual education. (May 1, 1998)

The Bilingual Debate Index Page - - Now that Proposition 227 has been approved, how should it be implemented? (April 22, 1998)

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 in their native language first, then gradually switching to English. However, critics of bilingual education and even some supporters raised questions about the studies. (March 2, 1998)

100 Protest Initiative to End Bilingual Teaching - - Los Angeles Times (January 4, 1998)

Loco, Completamente Loco - - Reason magazine: The many failures of bilingual education. (January 1, 1998)

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 with federal money intended for bilingual education. (December 25, 1996)

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 professor realizes not every child has been awarded such a chance. Brisk said the nation will suffer later if it is unwilling to offer financial support for bilingual programs. (November 8, 1996)