Why shouldn bilingual education be replaced?
It is a myth that bilingual education has failed. Although it has not worked as intended in some schools, this is due to the same problems faced by every program in our public schools – inadequate resources, untrained teachers or poor management – and not problems with bilingual education. No program works in every school. Bilingual education is no different from any other program, and it cannot be assessed in a vacuum. A school that poorly runs its bilingual education program likely mismanages its math and science programs. If a program is improperly implemented, the answer is not to eliminate it but to fix the problems that make the program ineffective at the particular school: to provide the needed resources, train better teachers, and make the school and the district more accountable. Bilingual education can be successful, and districts should be allowed to use it if they want to. Instead of taking a reasonable approach, the initiative seeks to eliminate all language development pr
