Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Bilingual Education Should Be Increasing but It Is Declining Stephen Palacios 10
2 Dual-Language Learning Programs Are Gaining in Popularity Lesli A. Maxwell 14
3 Bilingualism Can Help Close Learning Gaps for Immigrant Students Elahe Izadi 23
4 Bilingual Education Has Failed to Help Non-English Speakers ProEnglish 28
5 Bilingual Education in California Has Been Successful Jill Tucker 34
6 California's Ban on Bilingual Education Helped Immigrant Children Ron Unz 39
7 Bilingual Education Using Native Language Is Best for Immigrants Daniel A. Domenech 45
8 Language Immersion Is Better than Bilingual Education for Immigrants Linda Chavez 49
9 How Union City Is Shifting the Arc of Immigrant Kids' Lives David L. Kirp 53
10 Bilingual Education Must Succeed at Helping Students Learn English Trevon Milliard 61
11 Bilingual Education Should Support Heritage Language Literacy Olga Kagan 64
12 Bilingual Education Is a Promising Solution in Former Colonies Corinne Brion 68
13 There Are Benefits to the Brain from Growing Up Bilingual Judy Willis 74
14 Let's Stop Pretending That French Is an Important Language John McWhorter 80
Organizations to Contact 84
Bibliography 87
Index 92
