Bilingualism has had a bad rap lately. Prop 227, the Unz Initiative, successfully passed removing bilingual education from California schools replacing it with English immersion. For some reason, Americans feel that only one language is necessary and that language is English only. Although the ge...

Mr. Cummings in his article attempts to put forth the premise that a child's native language and culture are strongly connected. If the native language is not encouraged by the in class teacher the Childs ability to flourish and become successful in current language situation is less likely to ...