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English Immersion--A Necessary Lesson 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. (News and Media) http://www.yrfc.org/yronline/vol2/23herger.html Canada offers Americans bilingual education lessons Canada offers Americans bilingual education lessons: Denver Rocky Mtn. News (News and Media) http://insidedenver.com/seebach/1004seeb.shtml Opinions Vary on Studies That Back Bilingual Classes 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. Howe (News and Media) http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/L.A.Times_March2unz.html The Pros of Bilingual Education The Pros of Bilingual Education: Commentary by Domenico Maceri, The Denver Business Journal. (News and Media) http://denver.bcentral.com/denver/stories/1999/06/07/editorial4.html Twisted Tongues: The Failure of Bilingual Education 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. (News and Media) http://128.164.127.251/~ccps/pop_billing.html Brisk stresses bilingual education for Americans 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 sai (News and Media) http://www.dailyfreepress.com/media/paper87/DFPArchive/frontpage/1108964.html Researchers back bilingual programs Researchers back bilingual programs: Supporters link success in learning English with use of native language in classroom. (News and Media) http://journalism.arizona.edu/indy/oct98/researchers.html Bilingual Education Column - Education Week 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 (News and Media) http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-15/02bicol.h15 The Politics of Language: 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, politic (News and Media) http://www.hisp.com/apr96/bilingual.html 100 Protest Initiative to End Bilingual Teaching 100 Protest Initiative to End Bilingual Teaching: Los Angeles Times (News and Media) http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/L.A.Times_Jan4.html Bilingual Education and the 'Sink or Swim' Myth 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. (News and Media) http://epn.org/rothstei/bilingual_ed.html Hundreds Wait for Bilingual Education 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. (News and Media) http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/NEWS/L.A.Times_Oct23.html Debunking the Myths of the Unz Initiative 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 rega (News and Media) http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~urrutia/chicano/DebunkingMyths.html The Case Against Biligual Education The Case Against Biligual Education: Atlantic Monthly: Why even Latino parents are rejecting bilingual education. (News and Media) http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98may/biling.htm Bilingual Ed. Legislation Passes House Bilingual Ed. Legislation Passes House: from Education Week (News and Media) http://www.teachermagazine.org/ew/vol-18/02biling.h18 The Bilingual Debate Index Page The Bilingual Debate Index Page: Now that Proposition 227 has been approved, how should it be implemented? (News and Media) http://www.mercurycenter.com/opinion/bilingual/index.htm Online NewsHour Forum: Bilingual Education -- September 29, 1997 Online NewsHour Forum: Bilingual Education -- September 29, 1997: An excellent examination of the debate over bilingual education by PBS. (News and Media) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/september97/bilingual_9-29.html Hoover Essay- Bilingual Education: A Critique 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). (News and Media) http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/he/22/22a.html Issues Page: Bilingual Education 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. (News and Media) http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=8 Loco, Completamente Loco Loco, Completamente Loco: Reason magazine: The many failures of bilingual education. (News and Media) http://reason.com/9801/fe.garvin.shtml IDRA Newsletter: Bilingual Education IDRA Newsletter: Bilingual Education: A number of articles about the issue from the Intercultural Development Research Association. (News and Media) http://www.idra.org/Newslttr/1998/Jan/Josie.htm Massnews.com - Bilingual Education Troubled Program 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. (News and Media) http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/2000/Schools/sch13.htm U.S. Bilingual Education Funds Ruled Out for Ebonics Speakers 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. (News and Media) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/stories/riley122596.htm Gov. Bush supports bilingual education Gov. Bush supports bilingual education: Seattle Times. (News and Media) http://www.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/html98/hisp_070298.html