It is. When we got into talks about it our professors went into a hissing/spitting fit of RAEG. The NCLB is incredibly unsound, pedagogically, theoretically, practically, you name it, it's got problems. I don't know what they were thinking.
There are a few Spanish-English and French-English bilingual programs, but while they work well in theory, the program has to be designed very well, and the teachers well trained to pull it off. Unfortunately politics again gets in the way. Michigan's bilingual education is in danger of being closed down after affirmative action was voted away (ugh, the ignorance of the population just frustrates me. It's not about quotas people!). Pennsylvania has not, and the programs seem to be thriving. A few of my professors have kids in those programs, and according to them, they're bilingual, so that's something.
I'm hoping to do an internship at one of those places this summer. Wish me luck.
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Date: 2011-12-09 06:17 pm (UTC)There are a few Spanish-English and French-English bilingual programs, but while they work well in theory, the program has to be designed very well, and the teachers well trained to pull it off. Unfortunately politics again gets in the way. Michigan's bilingual education is in danger of being closed down after affirmative action was voted away (ugh, the ignorance of the population just frustrates me. It's not about quotas people!). Pennsylvania has not, and the programs seem to be thriving. A few of my professors have kids in those programs, and according to them, they're bilingual, so that's something.
I'm hoping to do an internship at one of those places this summer. Wish me luck.