Romney went on to disparage children being taught "in the language of their birth", describing bilingual education as a failure and lauding the existing Structured English Immersion programs in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, there were no follow-ups by the moderators on the spike in ELL dropout rates since the 2002 passage of SEI.
In a particularly painful discussion, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich went at it over a question about their language hypocrisy. From cnn.com: "One of the most interesting questions pertained to the potential hypocrisy of the candidates' choice to film campaign commercials and distribute fliers in Spanish despite their belief that English should be the nation's official language. 'I would have ballots in English, and I think you could have programs where virtually everybody would be able to read the ballots,' Gingrich said, and nearly all of his rivals agreed."
Romney went on to disparage children being taught "in the language of their birth", describing bilingual education as a failure and lauding the existing Structured English Immersion programs in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, there were no follow-ups by the moderators on the spike in ELL dropout rates since the 2002 passage of SEI.
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