Title: Issues in Bilingual Education
Headings: Confronting Issues in Bilingual Education
Confronting Issues in Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education Opportunities
Concerns for Hispanic Immigrants
Issues in Arizona
Drop Out Problems

Content: More than three quarters of the students with a limited knowledge of English in the US are Hispanics. It is within this group that most of the money and resources are spent and statistically, it takes more time for them to learn English than Asians or Europeans in similar conditions. A poll taken in Florida shows that 98.1 percent of Hispanic parents want their children to learn the English language and they want them to learn it well, because it is undoubtedly the universal language. It is needed in business and traveling; cross-communication is necessary. Hispanic parents want their children to learn English while staying true to their own culture, and they believe that the best way to learn is receiving a bilingual education. Another factor creating even more issues in bilingual education in the US is the belief that immigrants, especially those coming from Latin American countries, are a let down that the rest of the English-speaking population has to support. A quarter of the total student population in the US belongs to the group with the lowest income in the country. READ Breaking Down Gender Bias in the Classroom
Issues in Arizona
Arizona is one of the United States with the highest immigrant population of the country with people coming mainly from Mexico. According to studies and data from 2003, the number of Mexican students who required assistance with the language grew at least 77% between 1990 and 2000.