Also, ccording to an analysis done by Stanford professor Kenji Hakuta, districts that kept bilingual education also showed gains and districts that never did bilingual education showed gains. When redesignation rates are considered, Proposition 227 was a failure. Redesignation means the percentage of children who acquired sufficient English to be classified as fully proficient. Similarly, the Alameda school district embraced 227 and had a 4.6 redesignation rate. Students in bilingual education acquire academic English faster, drop out less, and have a better chance of developing both languages.
Immigrants fare better in schools with bilingual education.