bilingual education
noun
: education in an English-language school system in which students with little fluency in English are taught in both their native language and English
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During his decades-long tenure on the school board, Braddock championed desegregation efforts, bilingual education in schools and collective bargaining for public school employees.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 July 2025
Data available from the Census for three of the grant programs — teacher development, academic enrichment, and bilingual education — shows the Los Angeles Unified School District, for example, received $62 million in the 2022-23 school year.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The delay or end of the money threatens bilingual education programs, mental health support, special education services and after-school programs for Latino, Black and multilingual learners, Marrero and Olson said.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
Three years later, in California, voters approved Proposition 227, which effectively eliminated bilingual education for most public-school students.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 July 2025
Data available from the Census for three of the grant programs — teacher development, academic enrichment, and bilingual education — shows the Los Angeles Unified School District, for example, received $62 million in the 2022-23 school year.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The delay or end of the money threatens bilingual education programs, mental health support, special education services and after-school programs for Latino, Black and multilingual learners, Marrero and Olson said.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
Three years later, in California, voters approved Proposition 227, which effectively eliminated bilingual education for most public-school students.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bilingual education
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“Bilingual education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bilingual%20education. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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