Types of bilingual
(Brisk, 2006) |
Dual-language
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Best MODEL FOR bilingual education?
It's hard to say what model of bilingual education is the best, because every student is different, but researchers have agreed that quality education is composed of 3 domains: quality school, quality curricula, and quality instruction. Every student, no matter their linguistic background, has a right to quality education.
quality curricula
(Brisk, 2006) |
Quality school
(Brisk, 2006) quality instruction
(Brisk, 2006) |
how are bilingual programs chosen
for schools?
Relevant Statistics
- In the 2011-12 school-year, 13% of students at the primary level were identified as English Language Learners (ELL) or Limited English Proficiency (LEP), 7% of middle school students, and 5% of high school students.
- Foreign-born youth had a status dropout rate of 15% in 2013, compared with 9% for children of foreign-born parents, and 6% for native-born children.
("Child Trends," 2014)