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Reinterpreting Bilingual Classes
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The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext) - Washington, D.C.
Author: Kenneth J. Cooper
Date: Feb 12, 1991
Start Page: a.17
Section: A SECTION
Text Word Count: 166

Most of $121 million in federal funding supports bilingual instruction that is supposed to end use of native languages, and no more than 25 percent can go to "immersion" classes taught primarily in English. Rita Esquivel, director of bilingual education, said that policy would be reevaluated in light of the study.

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