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  1. The Bilingual Ghetto
    New York Post,Wednesday, February 6, 2002.
  2. Mayor Hails Workers & It's No Joke
    New York Daily News,Monday, February 4, 2002.
  3. Read Mike's Lips: Kids Should Learn English
    NY Post,Monday, February 4, 2002.
  4. Mingling Voices
    New York Newsday, Tuesday, November 20, 2001.
  5. Countdown to the Election
    New York Newsday, Friday, November 2, 2001.
  6. In Debate, Candidates Go Against Type by John Tierny
    New York Times, Friday, November 2, 2001.
  7. English Will be Hurdle for Many New Teachers
    New York Post, Sunday, September 2, 2001.
  8. Education Top Priority for Badillo
    New York Newsday, Sunday, September 2, 2001.
  9. 2 Languages Don't Make for 1 Nation by Gregory Boyd Bell
    New York Newsday, Thursday, August 23, 2001.
  10. Bilingual Program Overhaul May Be Scaled Back, Levy Says
    New York Times, Tuesday, July 31, 2001.
  11. City Must Give Schools the Resources They Need, Editorial
    New York Newsday, Friday, July 20, 2001.
  12. Levy Explodes Over Funding
    New York Daily News, Wednesday, July 18, 2001.
  13. Bothered, Bewildered By Bilingual Ed, Editorial
    New York Daily News, Wednesday, July 18, 2001.
  14. Levy Warns Budget Cuts May Threaten Bilingual Plan
    New York Times, Wednesday, July 18, 2001.
  15. Extortion at the Board of Ed, Editorial
    New York Post, Wednesday, July 18, 2001.
  16. Levy Rips State, City Pols
    New York Newsday, Wednesday, July 18, 2001.
  17. News
    WABC/New York, July 17, 2001,
  18. Bilingual Ed Fix in Peril, Levy Says
    New York Daily News, Tuesday, July 17, 2001.
  19. Learning to Love Language in a Bilingual School by Martin Plissner
    New York Times, Saturday, June 23, 2001.
  20. Levy Pushes Summer School for Failing Students
    New York Newsday, Thursday, June 7, 2001.
  21. English Classes In Short Supply
    New York Newsday, Tuesday, April 17, 2001.
  22. Rudy Pal Segarra to Lead Ed. Board
    New York Post, Thursday, April 5, 2001.
  23. Education Hero Takes on State's Bilingual Dragon by Andrea Peyser
    New York Post, Wednesday, April 4, 2001.
  24. English Classes a Success
    New York Daily News, Monday, April 2, 2001.
  25. Reform Effort Never Had a Chance by Andrea Peyser
    New York Post, Friday, March 30, 2001.
  26. Thousands of Pupils Start Saturday Classes in English, Math and Science
    New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 2001.
  27. Would-be mayoral candidates face off on education
    Associated Press, Saturday, March 24, 2001.
  28. Bilingual-Ed Students are Quitting at a Growing Rate
    New York Post, Saturday, March 24, 2001.
  29. Close Up
    New York One/New York, March 5, 2001.
  30. Habla Ingles, Por Favor
    Newsweek, Monday, March 5, 2001.
  31. News Weekend
    New York One/New York, March 4, 2001.
  32. Bilingual Education Lives On by Ron Unz
    New York Times, Friday, March 2, 2001.
  33. New Leader for Bilingual Ed Review
    New York Newsday, Thursday, March 1, 2001.
  34. Levy Opens Office For Bilingual Ed
    New York Daily News, Thursday, March 1, 2001.
  35. Finally, Schools Set Bilingual Ed Straight by Randy Mastro
    New York Daily News, Thursday, March 1, 2001.
  36. Refashioning Bilingual Education, Editorial
    New York Times, Thursday, March 1, 2001.
  37. Teaching Parents About Choices in Bilingual Policy May Be Tough, Educators Say
    New York Times, Thursday, March 1, 2001.
  38. News
    New York One/New York, February 28, 2001.
  39. $75M Fix Speaks to Bilingual Ed
    New York Post, Wednesday, February 28, 2001.
  40. Bilingual Ed Reform Gets 7-0 Board Nod
    New York Daily News, Wednesday, February 28, 2001.
  41. Board Revamps Bilingual Education, Giving Parents More Choice
    New York Times, Wednesday, February 28, 2001, FRONT PAGE.
  42. News
    WNBC/New York, February 27, 2001.
  43. News
    WABC/New York, February 27, 2001.
  44. News
    WNBC/New York, February 27, 2001.
  45. Give Levy OK to Reshape City Bilingual Education, Editorial
    New York Newsday, Tuesday, February 27, 2001.
  46. Bilingual Overhaul Gives Pupils Greater Choice
    New York Daily News, Tuesday, February 27, 2001.
  47. Board of Education Strives for Unified Voice in Bilingual Education
    New York Times, Monday, February 26, 2001.
  48. Don't Cast Vote for Failure, Editorial
    New York Daily News, Saturday, February 24, 2001.
  49. For Parents, One Size Doesn't Fit All in Bilingual Education
    New York Times, Saturday, February 24, 2001.
  50. Board Makes Minor Changes To Bilingual Education Plan
    New York Times, Friday, February 23, 2001.
  51. New Bilingual Ed Scuffle
    New York Daily News, Friday, February 23, 2001.
  52. City Bilingual Ed Facing 2 Legal Attacks
    New York Daily News, Wednesday, February 14, 2001.
  53. No Wonder Bilingual Education Often Doesn't Work, Editorial
    New York Newsday, Friday, February 9, 2001.
  54. Critics: Bilingual Ed Translating to Failure
    New York Post, Thursday, February 8, 2001.
  55. Not Speaking Same Language
    New York Newsday, Thursday, February 8, 2001.
  56. Bilingual Ed Reform Plan Is Just Talk, Critics Say
    New York Daily News, Thursday, February 8, 2001.
  57. Bilingual Proposal Criticized at Hearing
    New York Newsday, Thursday, January 25, 2001.
  58. Push on for More Bilingual-Ed Bucks
    New York Daily News, Thursday, January 25, 2001.
  59. One Language One Day, a Second One the Next
    New York Times, Wednesday, January 24, 2001.
  60. Still Going "Up the Down Staircase" by Lenore Skenazy
    New York Daily News, Wednesday, January 24, 2001.
  61. School's Language Windfall
    New York Daily News, Tuesday, January 16, 2001.
2000 -- 73 Items
Mayor Rips Push To Up Funding For Bilingual Ed
New York Daily News, Friday, December 22, 2000.
End, Don't Mend, This Double-Talk, Editorial
New York Daily News, Thursday, December 21, 2000.
When Crutch For Education Is an Anchor by John Tierney
New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 2000.
Put English, and Kids, First, Editorial
New York Daily News, Monday, December 18, 2000.
Chief of New York City Schools Plans to Revamp Bilingual Study
New York Times, Saturday, December 16, 2000, FRONT PAGE.
Learning The Value Of Immersion
New York Times, Tuesday, October 10, 2000.
A Failure in Any Language, Editorial
New York Daily News, Saturday, October 7, 2000.
Test Scores Rise, Surprising Critics of Bilingual Ban
New York Times, Sunday, August 20, 2000, FRONT PAGE.
1995-1999 -- 20 Items
A Many-Tongued City Hears A Cry For English
New York Times, Monday, August 16, 1999.
Bilingual Education Has Fallen Into Disfavor
New York Times, Saturday, May 30, 1998, FRONT PAGE.
First Teach Them English by Diane Ravitch
New York Times, Friday,September 5, 1997.
A Nun Takes On District 32
New York Times, Sunday, June 6, 1996.
Trapped in the Bilingual Classroom by Ada Jimenez
New York Times, Saturday, February 3, 1996.
Parents' Suit On Classes Is Rebuffed
New York Times, Thursday, January 18, 1996.
New York's Bilingual 'Prison,' Editorial
New York Times, Thursday, September 21, 1995.
Lawsuit Is Filed Accusing State Of Overuse of Bilingual Classes
New York Times, Tuesday, September 19, 1995.