This is another example of people making decisions in education that have no idea what is best for teaching and learning. Bilingual education was not the panacea, however, it
enabled students and families to participat
e in the educationa
l process here in the US, which English only programs don't allow.
For student success, it is necessary that parents be involved and that students feel valued and understood so that they can a participat
e in classroom learning. Of course, English is the goal and always shave been for all parents and all students in both bilingual and English only programs. The problem is that politician
s and the public get involved and they think they know more based on no knowledge of research of language acquisitio
n, learning and developmen
t, so they make their decisions based on fear of the "other". In the meantime, the students lose.
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