Bilingual education

            Bilingual education I believe is an important asset to our community. The majority of our population in our country, the great USA, is people of Latino descent. Many individuals may criticize this statement, but is ultimately true.  School board members across the country were trying to come up with a solution involving education. For the most part, many individuals that migrate from other countries do not have much education. There are few, if any, that are educated. Many immigrants come to the United States to have a better opportunity for themselves and their families. All are seeking the American dream. They want the opportunity to have good jobs and a better way of life than what they would in their country.

 So you ask, why have bilingual education instead of all English-language learners?  First of all, school administrators have to find a way to bring all children up to the same learning level. If a child comes to the U.S. only speaking a certain language, they must be taught to learn the English language. A reasonable approach to this would be to gradually transition them by teaching bilingual education. Eventually, those children will learn to only speak the English-language. This emphasizes the law that many schools have “no child shall be left behind.” One day these children will become part of our working class. All children in the U.S. should be given the opportunity to become well-educated, law abiding citizens.

The reason bilingual education benefits the new generation is because they will one day join the workforce. They will help individuals that are older that cannot speak or understand the English language. This is a huge benefit to society so the older non-English speaking generation will be aware what is being presented to them. Such as, what they are signing and what someone is trying to explain to them. It is a win, win situation for everyone.