Bilingual Education

Immersion or Bilingual Education: Is One Superior? The Problem Nationwide, about 3.5 million public school students do not know English well enough to succeed in a regular classroom. In the early twentieth century, such children would have been expected to learn English without much special help, sinking or swimming on their own. Of course, many millions of children did learn this way, but many others failed, falling further behind each year or dropping out of school …

…to equal opportunity to all students, regardless of their primary language”(Kaus 52). Enhancing students learning environments, advancing their academic achievement, and building on their linguistic diversity should be the central goal for the educators. The goal of legislators and administrators is to put children first. When all the debate and controversy is put aside, and the needs of the children are put on the table, the best education program for our immigrant students will transpire.