Bilingual Education

Bilingual Education For decades, immigrant children have been taught in their native languages in schools across the country while slowly and simultaneously receiving English as a second language. But like anything, bilingual education is not without its flaws. In fact, it's plagued with them. After many years of bilingual education in the United States, one thing is certain: it does not work, and it is failing America's immigrant youth. The idea behind bilingual education is …

…get a meaningful education, to fulfill the American dream, could be shattered because of a system that failed them. The importance of English will one day become all too real to them, but it will be too late. These students deserve better. We must remember that this nation is built on immigrants. They are the character of our country, its backbone. The American dream is dying, due to a system which is failing immigrant youth.