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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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/stories/riley122596.htm
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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.
http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/2000/Schools/sch13.htm
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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.
http://128.164.127.251/~ccps/pop_billing.html
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Loco, Completamente Loco
Reason magazine: The many failures of bilingual education.
http://reason.com/9801/fe.garvin.shtml
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Gov. Bush supports bilingual education
Seattle Times.
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/html98/hisp_070298.html
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Issues Page: Bilingual Education
An article from Education Week which examines different bilingual program models and reviews the
debate over bilingual education. Includes links to related Education Week articles.
http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=8
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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).
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/he/22/22a.html
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Bilingual education valuable in Texas
Instead of plans to cut bilingual education, Congress should be looking for ways to expand it -- to
guarantee that all children have the opportunity in learn in two languages so they can function in
a multi-lingual world.
http://www.reporternews.com/opinion/ray0426.html
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English Immersion--A Necessary Lesson
Congressman Wally Herger on English Immersion. My father grew up in a household where only Swiss
German was spoken. When my father started school, however, he rapidly assimilated to the English
language. And my father was the rule, not the exception.
http://www.yrfc.org/yronline/vol2/23herger.html
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Bilingual Education Column - Education Week
A Texas judge's remarks to a mother who spoke to her child in Spanish have sparked a national
controversy. Bilingual-education advocates have asked the judge to apologize to all Hispanics, and
have criticized him for a lack of understanding of their field.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-15/02bicol.h15
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Researchers back bilingual programs
Supporters link success in learning English with use of native language in classroom.
http://journalism.arizona.edu/indy/oct98/researchers.html
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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.
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/L.A.Times_March2unz.html
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The Politics of Language:
Hispanic Magazine. From a teacher's standpoint, there is no debate regarding bilingual education:
Students' understanding in their native tongue makes school subjects accessible. Even though those
in the classroom ought to know the situation best, politicians continue to politicize and debate
the issue.
http://www.hisp.com/apr96/bilingual.html
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Canada offers Americans bilingual education lessons
Denver Rocky Mtn. News
http://insidedenver.com/seebach/1004seeb.shtml
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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.
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/NEWS/L.A.Times_Oct23.html
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Bilingual Education and the 'Sink or Swim' Myth
"An all-or-nothing referendum that pivots on simplistic half-truths is a poor way to resolve
the issue." - Los Angeles Times.
http://epn.org/rothstei/bilingual_ed.html
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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.
http://www.dailyfreepress.com/media/paper87/DFPArchive/frontpage/1108964.html
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The Pros of Bilingual Education
Commentary by Domenico Maceri, The Denver Business Journal.
http://denver.bcentral.com/denver/stories/1999/06/07/editorial4.html
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IDRA Newsletter: Bilingual Education
A number of articles about the issue from the Intercultural Development Research Association.
http://www.idra.org/Newslttr/1998/Jan/Josie.htm
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Online NewsHour Forum: Bilingual Education -- September 29, 1997
An excellent examination of the debate over bilingual education by PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/september97/bilingual_9-29.html
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The Case Against Biligual Education
Atlantic Monthly: Why even Latino parents are rejecting bilingual education.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98may/biling.htm
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100 Protest Initiative to End Bilingual Teaching
Los Angeles Times
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/L.A.Times_Jan4.html
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The Bilingual Debate Index Page
Now that Proposition 227 has been approved, how should it be implemented?
http://www.mercurycenter.com/opinion/bilingual/index.htm
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Bilingual Ed. Legislation Passes House
from Education Week
http://www.teachermagazine.org/ew/vol-18/02biling.h18
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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.
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~urrutia/chicano/DebunkingMyths.html
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