Sentence examples for bilingual education programs from inspiring English sources

Many students remain in bilingual education programs nine years or more.

But 85percentt of the students in bilingual education programs speak Spanish.

That is why fluency in English must be the goal of bilingual education programs.

The new policy also makes it difficult for students to remain in bilingual education programs longer than three years.

Responding to questions, Mr. Bradley expressed his support for bilingual education programs and pledged to double a federal block grant for affordable child care.

One in six of the city's 1.1 million schoolchildren are enrolled in bilingual education programs, about half in bilingual classes and half in E.S.L.

After you build a coalition, you don't say, 'Sorry guys, It's not going to happen.' " Mr. Levy has spent an intense year working with elected officials, Hispanic leaders and educators, hammering out a consensus agreement to preserve the city's bilingual education program.

You point out (news article, Dec. 13) that New York City's bilingual education program has been criticized for keeping students in the program seven years or longer.

Mayor Giuliani has been one of the chief critics of the bilingual education program, calling it a job-protection program for teachers and administrators.

The task force's recommendations come two months after a separate Board of Education study found substantial problems in the bilingual education program.

After a quarter-century of criticism from educators, politicians and parents, New York City's Board of Education has unanimously approved an overhaul of the school system's bilingual education program.