Dual-language classes in Texas stir debate

Here’s the plan: Put young children who struggle with English in a classroom with English-speaking students and teach in two languages. Soon, both groups of children will become bilingual and bi-literate with the youngsters helping each other develop two languages, say supporters of the dual language immersion program. But others are balking at the experiment that Texas lawmakers approved this spring, contending it’s turning classrooms into laboratories. Read more of this article from the Houston Chronicle.