I Came to America Speaking Spanish. And I Oppose Bilingual Classes.

Photo Credit: GettyNew York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Milady Baez, the chief for “English-language learners,” are looking to increase dual-language programs, in which students receive instruction in both English and a second language.

This is bad news for the kids and for New York City. I know from personal experience.

Start with the big picture: Multilingualism in a person is a great asset — but a society with no common language is cursed. This holds double for New York, the ultimate city of immigrants.

Without English holding it together, New York would soon cease to work.

As for the kids: Secluding children into separate dual-language enclosures will drive a wedge between immigrants of different nationalities, and make it more difficult for them to become proficient in English.

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