Monster Essays - Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education
For decades, immigrant children have been taught in their native
languages in schools across the country while slowly and simultaneously
receiving English as a second language. But like anything, bilingual
education is not without its flaws. In fact, it's plagued with them.
After many years of bilingual education in the United States, one thing is
certain: it does not work, and it is failing America's immigrant youth.
The idea behind bilingual education is that students be taught
"academic subjects" such as math, geography, and science "in their native
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