Bilingual and Multicultural Education
Imagine Online School in a Language You Don’t Understand, New York Times
Why migrants who speak indigenous languages slip through the cracks in US schools, The Guardian
Foreign Press Briefing on Bilingual Education, US Department of State
Bengali Students Need Teachers Who Speak Their Language, NPR/WNYC
Bengali is in the top five languages spoken by students identified as multilingual learners in New York City. In spite of the large number of Bengali students in schools, there are few bilingual programs for them. In this report I address the possible reasons for the shortages of programs as well as bilingual teachers.