Bilingual education has spillover effect

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 10:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Bilingual education programs have a substantial spillover effect on the students they're not designed for. Elementary students who speak English as their home language and were enrolled in schools with bilingual education programs performed much better on state math and reading tests than native English-speaking students at schools without bilingual education programs.

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