Nanez: Leaving bilingual students behind not a good strategy for the future of Arizona

“When I read and speak to my seven-year-old in Spanish, he only understands a word or two of what I say and gives me his patented “my mother is crazy” look.

“I don’t know what you’re saying, Mom. Tell me in English,” he says.

Whether he realizes it or not, my son is asking me to use bilingual education to help him learn to read, speak and master a second language. Given that other countries require their students learn three or four languages, I’m happy to give my son a bilingual edge.”

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