Children of Hispanic Immigrants Continue to Favor English, Study Finds

[Lydia Leftcoast]

This is for all the people who come onto threads about bilingual education and complain that "people are refusing to learn English."

This article certainly gibes with what I saw in Oregon--Latino youth who were born in this country being bilingual or monolingual in English.


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/national/08english.html?oref=login

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Thank you Lydia.

[Maestro]

2. Thanks. As a bilingual teacher I appreciate it

when the truth gets out. I have written much on the subject and even have debated here.

A Shiny New Package

Bilingual Ed Means Better English

English Only, But Why?

[Maestro]

3. Here is the debate we had here

Bilingual Debate at DU

[Maestro]

4. One of many academic reports favoring bilingual ed

in teaching literacy in order to learn a second language.

Slavin and Cheung Report

Take that social conservatives who hate what I do!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maestro]

5. Kick

:kick: What can I say? It is important to me.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. Thanks for kicking my thread, Maestro!

:-)