bilingual education

noun

: education in an English-language school system in which students with little fluency in English are taught in both their native language and English

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In the first year with no federal COVID-era funding, Boston Public Schools officials are proposing a moderate budget increase of 3.5% to about $1.58 billion, with saving from school closures and mergers and new investments in inclusion, bilingual education, staffing and more. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 House Bill 1334 would require the State Board for Educator Certification to waive certification testing fees for teachers working toward getting certified to teach special education or bilingual education. Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025 The federal department oversees key programs such as Title I, which helps fund education of low-income students and special and bilingual education. Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024 Northside schools have fewer specialty programs, like those in bilingual education or dual college enrollment, and many families bus their kids to schools farther south. Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bilingual education 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bilingual education was in 1900

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“Bilingual education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bilingual%20education. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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