Bilingual Education and Academic Success

Of late, bilingual education has become a topic of critical scrutiny among educators, scholars, parents, teachers and various educational organizations. Understanding this type of education system will help us to take an unbiased stand on its effectiveness. The debate on this topic has been in existence in the media since 1960s. The pros and cons are believed to have originated from two acts, the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Bilingual Education Act (1968) that played dominant role in shaping laws for this type of education.

I, Too, Sing America
by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America

Bilingual Education and Academic Success/A Note of thanks And Support Monica L. Boddie

Bilingual Education and Academic Success

A Note of Thanks and Support:

 To my colleagues that I have forged a collaborative learning community with, sharing information and insights while encouraging each others’ professional growth, I thank you for all of your support and help.

 I appreciate all of your suggestions, and it was a pleasure running past you with ideas and insights from my advocacy action plan. As I prepare to move on, I will think of you often.

 I will take a minute and think about how you all  have supported me,and how I have supported you, I wish for you my colleagues much success as you continue your careers as professionals and advocates working with young children, your families, and other professionals in the early childhood field. 

This has been a tough road, but a happy one as I traveled through places that I have never been. Without your support and help, I don't know where I will be. Thank you all so very much.

Education Quotations

Education make a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.Peter Brougham

Education is not the filling of a pail,but the lighting of a fire.William Butler Yeats

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.Native American Saying

What we learn with pleasure we never forget.Alfred Mercier

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.G. K. Chesterson

Instruction ends in the school-room, but education ends only with life.Frederick W.Robertson

"Thank you all once again for your support, and may we all have success in our Advocacy Action Plans, our careers, our educational endeavors, and in life."

Monica L. Boddie