That is the goal. Although the California and Arizona initiatives for English-only education seem to show the United States moving away from bilingual education, Hornberger said she believes the bilingual approach is here to stay. It depends on which glasses you have on when you're looking. Assimilation and pluralism both have a strong tradition here. Hornberger is writing a book to help teachers, researchers and policy-makers decide what approach in bilingual education would be most effective.
Different situations require different solutions.
At Lea School, with Southeast Asians and Africans speaking a variety of languages as well as English-speaking students, the bilingual approach was impractical. Hornberger is also the convenor of this year's Ethonography in Education Research Forum, which begins tomorrow.