Bilingual education was created with the best of intentions. The purpose was to help Hispanic children become fluent in English, within American schools. The Bilingual Education Act failed to meet its goal.
In the beginning, children were taught in their native languages, so they would not get behind in other subjects while they were learning English. To speak English fluently enough to join the other children in regular classrooms, educators estimated a three-year period. Instead, this idea went from teaching English to the segregation of non-English-speaking students.
Hispanic children were considered different from the "majority" of children; therefore
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