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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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 Meléndez graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and two master’s from Columbia University Teachers College in organizational leadership and bilingual education, before getting her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Latino parenting practices. —

Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024 The ban was repealed in 2016, but bilingual education in the state is still suffering, even as dual-language programs pick up steam elsewhere in the country. —

Anna North, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 What more should be done to ensure consistent bilingual education is provided and funded? —

Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 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 2 Jan. 2025.

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