What is your opinion of bilingual education programs for Mexican Americans in public schools? What is the value of such programs? Why might they present a problem?
What will be an ideal response?
Bilingual education is aimed at giving non-English-speaking children an opportunity to learn school subjects in their native language while they are learning to speak and understand English. This is intended to help keep these children from falling behind their English-speaking classmates in their mastery of school subjects. Some critics argue that bilingual education slows the integration of Mexican Americans into the American mainstream and puts Mexican Americans at a disadvantage.
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