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» 100 Protest Initiative to End Bilingual Teaching
   Los Angeles Times
   http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/L.A.Times_Jan4.html

» Debunking the Myths of the Unz Initiative
   English is still being taught to immigrants but not in the manner and pace that nativists would like. The opponents of Bilingual Education feel that a child, regardless of age, must be placed in an intensive English-only learning environment, without rega
   http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~urrutia/chicano/DebunkingMyths.html

» Hundreds Wait for Bilingual Education
   Los Angeles Times - Hundreds of students whose parents have petitioned for bilingual education in the Los Angeles school system are in limbo while principals try to arrange bilingual classes.
   http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/NEWS/L.A.Times_Oct23.html

» IDRA Newsletter: Bilingual Education
   A number of articles about the issue from the Intercultural Development Research Association.
   http://www.idra.org/Newslttr/1998/Jan/Josie.htm

» Loco, Completamente Loco
   Reason magazine: The many failures of bilingual education.
   http://reason.com/9801/fe.garvin.shtml

» Massnews.com - Bilingual Education Troubled Program
   Massachusetts has over 40,000 bilingual education students, and is one of only nine states in the US to require bilingual education in all districts where there is a sufficient number of students who are not proficient in English.
   http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/2000/Schools/sch13.htm

» Opinions Vary on Studies That Back Bilingual Classes
   Los Angeles Times. As the debate over bilingual education bounds toward a spring ballot initiative, two studies scheduled to be released today land on the side of teaching children in their native language first, then gradually switching to English. Howev
   http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/L.A.Times_March2unz.html

» The Case Against Biligual Education
   Atlantic Monthly: Why even Latino parents are rejecting bilingual education.
   http://www.TheAtlantic.com/issues/98may/biling.htm

» The Pros of Bilingual Education
   Commentary by Domenico Maceri, The Denver Business Journal.
   http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/1999/06/07/editorial4.html

» Twisted Tongues: The Failure of Bilingual Education
   Article by Rosalie Pedalino Porter of the READ Institute arguing that bilingual education represents a radically departure from treatment of earlier generations of immigrant children and a form of segregation.
   http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/pop_billing.html

» U.S. Bilingual Education Funds Ruled Out for Ebonics Speakers
   Washington Post article about the Clinton administration's declaration of "black English" as a form of slang, and therefore programs which teach otherwise cannot do so with federal money intended for bilingual education.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/stories/riley122596.htm