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Bilingual Education
Title: Bilingual Education
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 688 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Bilingual Education
Bilingual education has existed in various forms throughout the history of the U.S. as the nation has sought to educate non-English children. Recognizing the linguistic diversity in schools, Congress passed the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, which funded language programs for non-English speaking students. With a heightened awareness of diversity and America's expanding immigrant population, bilingual education became increasingly concerned with maintaining cultural identity and teaching in the students' native language (Richman). Richard Rodriguez’s, …showed first 75 words of 688 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 688 total…country and prevents them from learning its language; they argue that children will be more successful in their new culture if they are forced to adapt to it. Supporters of bilingual education say that it helps children in several ways; children continue their progress in content courses such as science and math, they develop their mental skills by making progress in content courses, they increase their self-confidence, and they preserve their cultural identity and pride
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