AfricanAmerican children were assigned to bilingual classes in which most of the instruction was in Spanish. As the evidence continues to mount up that bilingual education is simply indoctrination for a life in a linguistic ghetto. a broad consensus is emerging. Thoughtful academics with many advanced degrees and new immigrants struggling to learn English agree that bilingual education actually hinders the process by which new Americans adapt to our society and prosper. President Clinton issued a challenge to this body in his State of the Union Address. He said: We are eliminating programs that are no longer needed. * * * Many of these programs were Justified in their time.
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