bilingual education

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Definition of bilingual education

: education in an English-language school system in which students with little fluency in English are taught in both their native language and English

Recent Examples of bilingual education from the Web

In 1996 came Proposition 209 outlawing affirmative action, and then two years later Proposition 227 restricted bilingual education in public schools.

— moni basu, CNN, "Blue state, red valley: In this part of California, a new generation is more woke than ever," 1 June 2018
Teachers submitted a letter from County Commissioner Tommy Calvert relaying parents’ concerns about Democracy Prep’s lack of bilingual education and echoing teachers’ recommendations.

— alia malik, San Antonio Express-News, "SAISD to vote Monday to contract out a school to a charter network," 17 Mar. 2018
Similar arguments were waged against bilingual education.

— elaine ayala, San Antonio Express-News, "Mexican American Studies scholars waging fight against SBOE this week," 27 May 2018
California, Massachusetts and Arizona have, at some point in the last 20 years, implemented laws eliminating bilingual education programs and replacing them with English-only immersion programs.

— harmeet kaur, CNN, "FYI: English isn't the official language of the United States," 20 May 2018
Unclaimed prize money goes to the Foundation School Fund, which is overseen by the Texas Education Agency and helps fund school needs across the state ranging from bilingual education to special education, according to the Texas Lottery Commission.

— anna m. tinsley, star-telegram, "$2 million Texas lottery winner has until end of Wednesday to claim prize | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 1 May 2018
This experience left him with the belief that any child could learn another language and cemented his lifelong opposition to mandatory bilingual education classes in public schools.

— claudia luther and richard c. paddock, latimes.com, "George Deukmejian dead at 89, public safety and law-and-order dominated two-term governor's agenda," 9 May 2018
Unclaimed prize money goes to the Foundation School Fund, which is overseen by the Texas Education Agency and helps fund school needs across the state ranging from bilingual education to special education, according to the Texas Lottery Commission.

— anna m. tinsley, star-telegram, "$2 million Texas lottery winner has until end of Wednesday to claim prize | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 1 May 2018
Victor Leandry, president of El Centro de Servicios Sociales, said the newcomers need housing, jobs and bilingual education.

— michael sangiacomo, cleveland.com, "Lorain responds to needs of Puerto Rican newcomers six months after Maria," 19 Mar. 2018

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