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U.S. Government Spending on Bilingual Education, 1974-2001. We've wasted nealy $4 billion on this failed program since 1974.
"Bilingual-Ed Study: Even Teachers Fail to Grasp English," New York Post (December 19, 2000).
"Bilingual Certification Under Inquiry in Houston," Education Week (April 6, 1994).
Ken Noonan, "I Believed Bilingual Education Was Best . . . Until the Kids Proved Me Wrong," Washington Post (September 3, 2000).
"English Learners Show Gains," Associated Press (August 15, 2000).
Jorge Amselle, "An 'Evil Day' for Bilingual Education", National Review Online (August 29, 2000).
Fred Reed, Decrypting Bilingual Ed
Robert Samuelson, "Self-Help Success," Washington Post (August 30, 2000).
Dallas, Texas tries Berlitz English immersion.
"Bilingual Program Falling Short," Hartford Courant (June 19, 2001). "According to statistics from the 1999-2000 school year, the number of students in bilingual education who met new state standards for speaking English fell from 13 percent to 7.4 percent."
1981 article from Education Week.
Arizona Bilingual Education Referendum (2000).
California Bilingual Education Referendum (1998).
Colorado Bilingual Education Referendum (2002).
June 24, 1999 U.S. House Hearing on bilingual education.
June 22, 1999 Hearing by the House Oversight Subcommittee on abuses by the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.
For documentation of OCR's 'bilingual education only' policy, see FEDERAL CONTROL OUT OF CONTROL: The Office for Civil Rights' Hidden Policies on Bilingual Education by Jim Littlejohn of the Center for Equal Opportunity and FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND ENGLISH LEARNERS: The Office of Civil Rights Agenda for Public Schools:
"The facts presented by Mr. Littlejohn directly contradict the testimony of OCR's Director, Norma Cantu, before the U.S. Congress Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 22, 1999. Contrary to Ms. Cantu's claims, there is undeniable evidence that her agency engages in inappropriate and illegal enforcement practices in order to further a specific political agenda of multiculturalism and multilingualism."
"Bilingual Bunk" by Jill Stewart (July 27, 1997).
"Structured English Immersion Breakthrough in Teaching Limited-English-Proficient Students," Keith Baker, Phi Delta Kappan (November 1998).
Bilingual Education in Massachusetts Two experts on bilingual education, Dr. Christine Rossell and Dr. Keith Baker have teamed up to produce the definitive study of bilingual education in Massachusetts. This links to a summary prepared by the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research.
Bilingual Education: The New York Case Study.
Case law on bilingual education. (Includes Alta Vista search engine for additional legal research.)
Evaluations of Current Bilingual Programs
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called for limits on bilingual education (January 5, 1998).
Parental Opposition to Bilingual Education.
Dr. Rosalie Porter, "The Case Against Bilingual Education," Atlantic Monthly (May, 1998).
Wall Street Journal op-ed on the failure of bilingual education.
Get the facts about the Black English issue.
Center for Equal Opportunity An organization founded by Linda Chavez, this group has produced a number of remarkable documents such as the book, The Failure of Bilingual Education and a brochure in both English and Spanish, "A Parent's Guide to Bilingual Education."
English for the Children, the group that banned bilingual education in California in 1998.
READ Institute Resources on bilingual education.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Home Page
Stephen Krashen is strongly in support of bilingual education.
"Bilingual Education: Ninety Questions, Ninety Answers," Dr. Stephen Krashen.
The Language Policy Website A vast resource for the opposition viewpoint.
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs (OBEMLA), U.S. Department of Education
GAO Report on Bilingual Education
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