bilingual education
noun
: education in an English-language school system in which students with little fluency in English are taught in both their native language and English
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Students who learned English through ESL programs, rather than bilingual education, were more likely to complete more years of education, graduate from university and earn higher incomes, Guzman said. 
Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022 Guzman’s research found that students who had gone through English as a Second Language programs outperformed students from bilingual education by every measure considered. Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022 But by far the most controversial change will be to make ASL-English bilingual education the districtwide standard for early intervention with deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 So is the effort to ensure bilingual education, or a system that includes students with disabilities. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2022 Among other things, Mink advocated for affordable childcare, child development and bilingual education issues. Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022 Collibee also noted that in addition to the extra funding for child care, the new budget also includes almost $47 million for school desegregation initiatives, special education, charter schools and bilingual education programs. Hartford Courant, 17 May 2022 Board member Monica Garcia compared the anxieties around ASL-English bilingual education to those around Spanish from decades ago. Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 In his two years as Education secretary, Cavazos was known for promoting the idea of giving parents the option of deciding where to send their children to school — with limits to prevent segregation — and advocating bilingual education. Mark Pratt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022 See More
Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022 Guzman’s research found that students who had gone through English as a Second Language programs outperformed students from bilingual education by every measure considered. Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022 But by far the most controversial change will be to make ASL-English bilingual education the districtwide standard for early intervention with deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 So is the effort to ensure bilingual education, or a system that includes students with disabilities. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2022 Among other things, Mink advocated for affordable childcare, child development and bilingual education issues. Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022 Collibee also noted that in addition to the extra funding for child care, the new budget also includes almost $47 million for school desegregation initiatives, special education, charter schools and bilingual education programs. Hartford Courant, 17 May 2022 Board member Monica Garcia compared the anxieties around ASL-English bilingual education to those around Spanish from decades ago. Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 In his two years as Education secretary, Cavazos was known for promoting the idea of giving parents the option of deciding where to send their children to school — with limits to prevent segregation — and advocating bilingual education. Mark Pratt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1900, in the meaning defined above