bilingual education

American  

noun

1. schooling in which those not fluent in the standard or national language are taught in their own language.

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Etymology

Origin of bilingual education

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

An office that administers bilingual education programs?

From Slate

In the late 1970s she was seconded to a project that looked into the feasibility of bilingual education provision for the islands.

From BBC

She also oversaw the development of bilingual education — a complicated effort that never bore fruit as hoped.

From Los Angeles Times

In Mexico, those who grow up attending public schools, as was his case, don’t have access to a bilingual education.

From Los Angeles Times

The son of Greek immigrants who was the first in his family to attend college, Stritikus is fluent in Spanish and specialized in research on the impact of bilingual education policy on Latino and Asian immigrant communities.

From Los Angeles Times