The National Commission on Education concluded by stressing that the national interest is best served by a literate and informed public and challenged us to strive for academic excellence. Bilingual education is a crucial component in the strategy to rescue our nation at risk. It will become increasingly more important as the United States attempts to deal with the recent influx of immigrants from Asia and Central America. Ignoring this reality could result in the formation of a large underclass of language minority citizens excluded from full membership in society. Clearly there is no doubt that the cost of ignorance done away with by this program would far outweigh its absence.
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