Reply #21: I read that report from 1991 and it is irrelevant to my suggestion. By immersion, they

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mean a full curriculum taught in English only, without special classes. My suggestion is to teach only the English language and related cultural considerations for the initial year. The study you cite actually supports my point that bilingual classes keep the students performing at a low level throughout their educational career.

In an effort to make it easy for them, we make them more likely to fail.

If you would be an American, whatever your native tongue, your primary language needs to be English.

I support the law in the same way I support local ecology laws, and local handgun restrictions - it would be better if the national government handled it, but they lack the requisite testicles to do so. In the absence of a better alternative, the locals can run their town however they choose barring federal or state constitutional conflicts. While this is a bottom-half agenda item for me, I would support the law in my town.