[EDLING:5] San Antonio: Bilingual education tool faces hurdles locally

[Francis M. Hult]

MySA.com

Bilingual education tool faces hurdles locally

In majority Hispanic San Antonio, where most elementary schools serve at least 
some non-native English speakers, a highly regarded program for teaching them 
that also benefits students fluent in English remains a boutique rather than 
mainstream approach. 

The reasons are varied and include a national political debate over bilingual 
education. But not putting such a well-regarded tool to more use for the 30,081 
Spanish-speaking students in Bexar County public schools — more than 10 
percent — comes at the kids' expense, advocates say.

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