Arguments Against Bilingual Education	Arguments For Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education Priorities by Mauro E. Mujica Bilingual education programs rely on the unproven theory that a child must spend years becoming literate in his native language before he or she can properly learn a second language	Why Bilingual Education?" 1992 by Lisa Rodriguez  lisa@laclase.com    LaClase@aol.com - This article has been published previously in Teachers Mac by SchoolHouse Mac, Nov. 1995 and the NCBE world wide website, Sep. 1996.
Bilingual Education Critics File Petitions by NICK ANDERSON, ERIC BAILEY, Time's Staff Writers Schools: Backers of proposed initiative to require all classes in English say they will get 700,000 signatures. Group seeking limits on union campaign fund-raising also submits names.	150 years on bilingual education pendulum  by  Jill Tucker  Oakland Tribune  Monday, October 20, 1997 -  In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously determined that placing students who couldn't  speak English in regular classrooms without some language help was a violation of their civil  rights.
Comparative Costs of Bilingual Programs: The New York Case Study English First Foundation Issue Brief produced by English First Foundation 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 4 -	Bridging the Language Gulf, Developing Science Literacy  Efforts to enhance language acquisition of middle school bilingual students has improved with the utilization of a community-based, project-oriented approach to the development of science, technology, and language literacies.
Bilingual education rejected in Calif. Elections '97  Teacher Gloria  Matta Tuchman says bilingual  education has failed thousands of California's  children.	Schools Need U.S. Guidance  On Civil Rights, Panel Says  By David J. Hoff,  Latino and Language Minority Projects
Bilingual Education: Educationally Sound or Morally Bankrupt? T he debate over bilingual education is widely seen as an offshoot of the greater political battle about multiculturalism and whether it should be embraced or has gone too far.	Bilingual Education: Bane or Boon? By Lynnell Hancock , 1995 Newsweek. "But a more recent George Mason University study of 42,000 students found that students learn English  faster in quality bilingual classes than they do in   English-only settings. "
English Spoken Here By David Hill Santa Ana, Calif. Teacher Gloria - Matta Tuchman says bilingual education is not helping California's children.	Why African Americans Need to Support   Bilingual Education  by Gary Phillips and Victor Narro. " The new wedge is the so-called English Language Education for Immigrant Children Initiative. This proposed measure is but one more device being utilized to prevent the coalescing of   communities for their own interests."
Bilingual Education - The failure of Bilingual Education -  bilingual education is failing our country's students.	Myths About Bilingualism in Individuals   "Myth: Learning two languages confuses children and impairs their cognitive ability (i.e., their ability to think and learn)."
	The Debate Over English Only  Reasons Against English Only | NEA Resolutions | Language Inclusion History   English Only Legislation | Community Recommendations | English Only Resources
	Best Evidence: Research Foundations of the Bilingual Education Act    Crawford B James,1997. Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education

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