Bilingual education / Noel Merino, Book Editor.
Contributor(s): Merino, Noel [editor.] | Gale Group.
Series: Gale virtual reference library.At issueEducation: Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (96 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780737773927; 9780737773934; 9780737776249.Subject(s): Education, Bilingual -- Social aspects -- United States | Education, Bilingual -- Study and teaching -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Bilingual education.DDC classification: 370.117/50973 Online resources: Aquí puedes acceder a este libro en forma virtual| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Bilingual education should be increasing but it is declining / Stephen Palacios -- 2. Dual-language learning programs are gaining in popularity / Lesli A. Maxwell -- 3. Bilingualism can help close learning gaps for immigrant students / Elahe Izadi -- 4. Bilingual education has failed to help non-English speakers / ProEnglish -- 5. Bilingual education in California has been successful / Jill Tucker -- 6. California's ban on bilingual education helped immigrant children / Ron Unz -- 7. Bilingual education using native language is best for immigrants / Daniel A. Domenech -- 8. Language immersion is better than bilingual education for immigrants / Linda Chavez -- 9. How Union City is shifting the arc of immigrant kids' lives / David L. Kirp -- 10. Bilingual education must succeed at helping students learn English / Trevon Milliard -- 11. Bilingual education should support heritage language literacy / Olga Kagan -- 12. Bilingual education is a promising solution in former colonies / Corinne Brion -- 13. There are benefits to the brain from growing up bilingual / Judy Willis -- 14. Let's stop pretending that French is an important language / John McWhorter.
Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.
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