Bilingual Education: Evaluating the Studies From: The Washington Post | Date: October 8, 1995 | Copyright 1995 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

After reading William Booth's article on bilingual education {"Bilingual School Has Word for Dole: Wrong," news story, Sept. 22}, I have a word for him: misleading. What Sen. Dole was criticizing in his speech to the American Legion were programs that fail to teach children English or any other skill well. It is very clear that "bilingual education" in Florida is not in this category.

Most hard-line supporters of bilingual education would not even consider Florida's program to be bilin...

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