English students benefit more in two-language instructional programs than immersion
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 06:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Like a growing number of school systems across the country, San Francisco Unified School District is tasked with educating increasing rolls of students for whom English is not their first language. In the United States, the school-aged population has grown a modest 10 percent in the last three decades, while the number of children speaking a language other than English at home has soared by 140 percent.