Bilingual education
By: Loreta Medina, book editor.
Contributors: Medina, Loreta M.
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego [Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Education, Bilingual -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-76) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bilingual education : a historical overview -- Colin Baker; title: Bilingual education has led to the segregation of non-English-speaking students -- Rosalie Pedalino Porter; title: Bilingual education has not inhibited immigrant assimilation -- Richard Rothstein; title: Bilingual education harms non-English-speaking students -- Peter Duignan; title: Two-way bilingual programs benefit both English- and non-English-speaking students -- Wayne P. Thomas and Virginia P. Collier; title: English-only education should be standard in most schools -- Ron K. Unz; title: English-only education ignores social and political realities -- Jill Kerper Mora; title: English immersion has led to higher test scores -- Ken Noonan; title: English immersion has not been proven to raise test scores -- Kenji Hakuta; title: English should remain the primary language of the United States -- John Hewko; title: Americans should not fear language diversity-- Robert D. King.