Bilingual education is a topic that has been widely controversial during the past few years.
Recently, there have been such propositions as 187 and 227 that have been targeted in some form or another to immigrants and their families. Whether or not the propositions are right is not the aim of this discussion, rather it is the aim of this paper to point out serious and compelling reasons why there has to be some compromise between those that value and believe in bilingual education and those that do not. When a person obtains a CLAD, whether or not he or she is bilingual, signifies that the person knows something about cross-cultural issues, language development, and academic access for all students. A person with this background is able to teach and understand elementary and secondary students. Without a true background in each important area, it is impossible to fully and completely educate children.