Part one of term paper
For decades, immigrant children have been taught in their native languages in schools across the country while slowly and simultaneously receiving English as a second language. But like anything, bilingual education is not without its flaws. In fact, it's plagued with them. After many years of bilingual education in the United States, one t ...

Part two of term paper
... learn English as a second language and learn all other subjects in their native language "so that, in theory, they can keep up with their English- speaking peers" (Schrag 14). After "five to seven years," the time "it typically takes... for children to acquire the second- language skills needed for cognitive and academic pursuits," the students are transitioned into classes which are taught in English (Sjoerdsma 504K2721). This is, of course, how bilingual education should work in theory. T ...