THE BILINGUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL Summer/Fall 1995, Vol. 19, Nos. 3 & 4, pp. 369-378

BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM MODELS:

A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING

Cheryl A. Roberts

University of Northern Iowa

Abstract

Bilingual education remains a controversial topic of discussion in the United States locally and nationally. Issues of educational benefits need to be kept separate from political issues; both must be informed by understanding of the larger society. In this paper I describe different possible bilingual education models and comment on the educational costs and benefits associated with each.

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