Boys Moving On Bilingual Education

Bilingual Education in American Schools A 12-year-old boy living in a small farming village outside of Matamoras, Mexico comes home one day from school and is informed by his parents that the family is moving to Texas to stay with his aunt and uncle. The entire family packed up their belongings and caught a bus from Matamoras bound for a small-town north of Houston, Texas. As he looks out the window, he wonders about this completely different world he has stepped into. At one gas-station stop on

immigrants move to America to pursue better education or work options. Many of these immigrants bring families or meet people in America and start families here. These children have challenges of their own, moving to a new home, or the seemingly simple problem of the language barrier. Congress tried to overcome this challenge by passing the Bilingual Education Act (more commonly known as Title VII) in 1967, but it was met with strong debate. Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood by Richard Rodriguez is a

usually immigrants were turned away. How well immigrants did in these schools depended on the importance placed on education by their parents. Jewish parents valued education highly and their children often thrived in the schools. Other schools, such as Italians, resented the fact that the schools tried to strip the children of their culture in their students often floundered. One Italian boy, Leonard Cavello, stated, “We soon got the idea that ‘Italian’ meant something inferior, and a barrier was erected

the text #1). Bilingual Education where Supporters feel that students miss a great deal by not being taught in their family’s language. That children that retain their family’s language will retain a sense of individuality. Their ethnic heritage & cultural ties. Helping Students acquire the skills of a classroom crucial for public success. Rodriguez also discusses the use of teaching and using a single language. 2. (Summary) What is Rodriguez’s main point about bilingual education? (Response) Do

environment. Now I am raising my own kids and I want them to have this important skill, this privilege of knowing a second language, language of their parents and grandparents. By looking at studies of bilingual children, research shows how important it is for a child to learn a second language. Raising a bilingual child is a benefit because it improves social skills, academic proficiency, introduces child to a different culture, and prepares for the future. First benefit

Imagine struggling to learn English because your school banned speaking other languages. One solution to this fear is bilingual education, which involved academic programs that teach in two languages. In June 1998, California voters passed Proposition 227, which removed most “bilingual” classes by requiring public schools in the state to teach all English language development classes only in English (Smith). With many immigrants storming into California, Proposition 58 overturned Proposition 227

During the nineteenth and early twentieth century there was no set way of how to teach an English-language learner. Some schools practiced bilingual education. Other schools placed immigrant children in English-language learner programs to prepare them for the English-only classroom. Other schools segregated schools specifically for the immigrants aimed at teaching them the language. Some schools just placed immigrant children in English-only classrooms and hoped they would learn. Even though schools

the key policies the senators made and the impact of these policies to the people of Texas. In the education sector, Senator Kay and Senator Ralph played an influential role in supporting and enacting policies to promote learning in Texas. Apart from the Bilingual Education Act that Ralph Yarborough

They leave school with frustration, insecurity, and the desire not to return. They wonder, as I often did, "Am I stupid? Why am I not getting this?" Having a bilingual education program would make school a more positive experience for many children. In "Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education" by Bell Hooks, and "Lives on the Boundary" by Mike Rose, the importance of feeling like one is part of the group and allowing for an emotionally safe transition are also discussed

imaginary because it does not feel like home. Like Rushdie says “it may be argued that the past is a country from which we have all emigrated, that its loss is part our common humanity...The old was dying and yet new could not be born.” (Rushdie, p. 12) Moving on makes one think to leaves the past behind, but in reality, one does not want to completely be detached to the past. Especially when thinking about the homeland and the origin. Learning or getting adapted to the new situation does not mean being