24% of Schools' English-Learners Test Fluent
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, May 1st, 2002 • 800 Words

Bilingual Education Sends Wrong Message by Hal Netkin
Los Angeles Daily News, Thursday, February 28th, 2002 • 800 Words

This English Class Isn't Kid Stuff
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, November 1st, 2000 • 700 Words

Bilingual students attaining fluency in record numbers
Los Angeles Daily News, Wednesday, May 17th, 2000, FRONT PAGE • 900 Words

Emperor of Ignorance by Jill Stewart
New Times Los Angeles, Thursday, November 4th, 1999, COVER STORY • 6,300 Words

L.A. Schools Are Abusing Prop. 227, Report Says
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, July 1st, 1999 • 500 Words

Error May Have Skewed Statewide Test Results
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, June 30th, 1999, FRONT PAGE • 900 Words

Latino Leadership Matures by Gregory Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times, Friday, February 5th, 1999 • 800 Words

English-Only Teaching Is a Surprise Hit
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, January 13th, 1999, FRONT PAGE • 1,100 Words

L.A. Mummified by Jill Stewart
New Times Los Angeles, Thursday, November 5th, 1998, COVER STORY • 1,600 Words

Bilingual Classes Still Thriving in Wake of Prop. 227
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, October 22nd, 1998, FRONT PAGE • 1,700 Words

Prop. 227 Delays Reading Lessons in English in L.A.
Los Angeles Times, Friday, October 9th, 1998, FRONT PAGE • 1,400 Words

Responses to Prop. 227 All Over the Map
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, September 2nd, 1998 • 900 Words

The Mystery of Model B by Robert A. Jones
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, August 16th, 1998 • 1,300 Words

State Board Gets Crash Course on Implementing Prop. 227
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, August 1st, 1998 • 900 Words

Proposition 227 Speaks the Language of Uncertainty
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, July 29th, 1998 • 900 Words

State Vows Swift Implementation of Prop. 227
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, June 13th, 1998, FRONT PAGE • 800 Words

Popularity Extends Past Racial Lines
Los Angeles Times, Friday, May 29th, 1998 • 1,300 Words

Bilingual Ed Shortchanges Latino Kids by Alan Ebenstein
Los Angeles Times, Friday, May 29th, 1998 • 500 Words

Squeeze Play by Howard Blume and Ben Ehrenreich
LA Weekly, Thursday, May 28th, 1998, COVER STORY • 5,400 Words

KrashenBurn by Jill Stewart
New Times Los Angeles, Thursday, May 28th, 1998, COVER STORY • 5,600 Words

Support Slips for Prop. 226, Not Prop. 227
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, May 23rd, 1998, FRONT PAGE • 1,500 Words

Tycoon Gives $1.5 Million to Measure's Opponents
Los Angeles Times, Friday, May 22nd, 1998 • 600 Words

Riordan Plans Ads in Spanish Backing Measure
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, May 21st, 1998 • 900 Words

The Racialization of L.A. Politics by Joel Kotkin
Los Angeles Downtown News, Monday, May 11th, 1998 • 1,200 Words

White House to Announce Opposition to Prop. 227
Los Angeles Times, Monday, April 27th, 1998, FRONT PAGE • 700 Words

Riordan Backs Move to End Bilingual Classes
Los Angeles Times, Friday, April 10th, 1998, FRONT PAGE • 1,300 Words

Unusual Crusade: Que Pasa Aqui?
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, April 5th, 1998 • 1,200 Words

Should Bilingual Ed Improve Students' Earning Prospects? by Mark Lopez
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 29th, 1998 • 700 Words

Debate Loud as Vote Nears on Bilingual Ban
Los Angeles Times, Monday, March 23rd, 1998, FRONT PAGE • 1,500 Words

Opinions Vary on Studies That Back Bilingual Classes
Los Angeles Times, Monday, March 2nd, 1998 • 700 Words

Alpert-Firestone: Recipe for Chaos by Ron Unz
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, February 26th, 1998 • 600 Words

Un Grito (a Call) to Battle
Los Angeles Times, Friday, February 6th, 1998 • 1,100 Words

LAUSD plays at teaching
Los Angeles Daily News, Sunday, December 21st, 1997, FRONT PAGE • 1,200 Words

An Opportunity for Latino Lawmakers to Take the Lead by Gregory Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, November 30th, 1997 • 1,100 Words

Lobbying to Save L.A.'s Bilingual Program Draws Criticism
Los Angeles Daily News, Sunday, October 26th, 1997, FRONT PAGE • 1,300 Words

Bilingualism vs. Bilingual Education by Ron Unz
Los Angeles Times,, Sunday, October 19th, 1997 • 1,000 Words

Bilingual Education Gets Little Support
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, October 15th, 1997, FRONT PAGE • 2,200 Words

Cause Without Rebels by Gregory Rodriguez
LA Weekly, Friday, August 15th, 1997 • 1,300 Words

Bilingual Bunk by Jill Stewart
New Times Los Angeles, Thursday, July 24th, 1997 • 1,400 Words

Campaign Targets Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, July 9th, 1997 • 600 Words

A Bilingual-Education Initiative as a Prop. 187 in Disguise? by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 6th, 1997 • 900 Words

Bilingual Babel by Douglas Lasken
Los Angeles Magazine, Sunday, December 1st, 1996 • 800 Words

A Hard Lesson in Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, September 15th, 1996 • 1,300 Words

Little Wallets with Legs by Jill Stewart
New Times Los Angeles, Thursday, September 5th, 1996 • 1,700 Words

Plan for Bilingual Education Reform Advances
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, June 27th, 1996 • 600 Words

Bilingual Bonus Plan Proposed
Los Angeles Times, Friday, May 10th, 1996 • 800 Words

Should Bilingual Education Be Scrapped? Yes by Lenin Lopez
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, May 5th, 1996 • 700 Words

Battle Heats Up Over Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times, Monday, April 8th, 1996, FRONT PAGE • 2,800 Words

A Bilingual Program That Threatens to be Self-Defeating by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 3rd, 1996 • 700 Words

Lessons of a School Boycott
Los Angeles Times, Monday, February 26th, 1996 • 300 Words

Ingles, Por Favor
Wall Street Journal, Friday, February 23rd, 1996 • 600 Words

Bilingual Education: Teaching it Faster and Smarter
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, February 18th, 1996 • 1,000 Words

Boycotting Latino Parents Gather Letters Urging All-English Teaching
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, February 17th, 1996 • 200 Words

80 Students Stay Out of School in Latino Boycott
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, February 14th, 1996 • 700 Words

Parents, Students Protest Bilingual Education Program
City News Service, Tuesday, February 13th, 1996 • 400 Words

Latino Parents to Boycott School Bilingual Plan
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, February 13th, 1996 • 700 Words

Bilingual Students Post Gains in English
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, October 17th, 1995 • 1,500 Words

Dole Calls for Ending Most Bilingual Classes
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, September 5th, 1995, FRONT PAGE • 1,400 Words

English Fluency Moves Up the Priority Ladder
Los Angeles Times, Monday, July 31st, 1995 • 1,700 Words

State Panel OKs Flexible Bilingual Education Policy
Los Angeles Times, Friday, July 14th, 1995 • 1,800 Words

Two More Reasons for Breaking Up L.A. School District by Douglas Lasken
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, June 18th, 1995 • 900 Words

Bilingual Education Rift Divides State Teachers Union
Los Angeles Times, Monday, June 5th, 1995 • 1,000 Words

Separate, Unequal and Yet Necessary?
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, June 1st, 1995, FRONT PAGE • 2,700 Words

Pressure Grows to Reform Bilingual Education in State
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, May 25th, 1995, FRONT PAGE • 2,300 Words

Bennett-Kew's English-Immersion Plan is Approved
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, May 11th, 1995 • 400 Words

Beleagured Bilingual Educators Regroup
Los Angeles Times, Monday, February 6th, 1995 • 1,300 Words

Teachers Urged to be Defenders of Bilingualism
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, February 2nd, 1995 • 500 Words

Bilingual Education Groups Protest Changes
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, December 8th, 1994 • 600 Words

Class Language Shift Upsets Latinos
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, April 23rd, 1994 • 500 Words

Why Bilingual Education Fails Our Young---In Plain English by John Campise
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, September 12th, 1993 • 800 Words

L.A. Schools' Bilingual Program Failing, State Says
Los Angeles Times, Friday, September 3rd, 1993 • 1,500 Words

Panel Assails State's Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, July 10th, 1993 • 400 Words

It's All Spoken Here by Diane Seo
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, April 18th, 1993, COVER STORY • 3,200 Words

Competing Bills in Bilingual Education Dispute to be Weighed
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, April 14th, 1993 • 1,200 Words

Boyle Heights: Students to Remain in Bilingual Classes
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, February 7th, 1993 • 300 Words

Bilingual Education---It's Time Has Passed
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, January 31st, 1993 • 1,300 Words

Parents, Students Want English-Only Classes Restored
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 4th, 1992 • 900 Words

How to Teach the Non-English Speaking---A Bilingual Debate
Los Angeles Times, Monday, September 21st, 1992 • 1,700 Words

State to Check New Charge of Bias at Newhall School District
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, November 13th, 1991 • 700 Words

L.A. May Remove Hurdle For Immigrant Teachers
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, August 7th, 1990 • 1,100 Words

Voice of Experience
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, January 28th, 1990 • 2,500 Words

Schools Are Frustrated By Bilingual Class Demands
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, November 21st, 1989, FRONT PAGE • 1,400 Words

Education Dept. Shifts, Favors Bilingualism
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, August 26th, 1989, FRONT PAGE • 1,400 Words

Bilingual Teachers Hired Under Formula In Law That Lapsed in '87
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, July 9th, 1989 • 600 Words

A Lead Role In Bilingual Controversy
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, June 18th, 1989 • 2,100 Words

Some Latino Parents Prefer English, Shun Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times (Valley Edition), Sunday, June 18th, 1989 • 1,000 Words

Parents Face Off On Bilingual Classes
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, April 27th, 1989 • 600 Words

L.A. Parents Protest Teachers' Bid To Halt Bilingual Program
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, April 19th, 1989 • 500 Words

Bilingual Foes Force A Vote On Bonus Pay
Los Angeles Times, Friday, February 24th, 1989 • 800 Words

Teachers From Afar
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, June 26th, 1988 • 1,100 Words

Bilingual Plan Backed in Los Angeles
New York Times, Tuesday, May 10th, 1988 • 900 Words

New Plan Offered On Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times, Friday, March 18th, 1988 • 1,000 Words

Revival Of State Law Sought
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, February 10th, 1988, FRONT PAGE • 5,800 Words

Teachers' Union in Los Angeles Votes For Changes in Bilingual Instruction
Washington Post, Thursday, August 13th, 1987 • 1,100 Words

Deukmejian Vetoes Bill To Revive Bilingual Program
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, July 25th, 1987 • 1,600 Words

Bilingual Education Bill OKd, Sent To Deukmejian
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, July 16th, 1987, FRONT PAGE • 900 Words

Assembly Passes Measure To Extend Bilingual Classes
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, April 23rd, 1987 • 1,100 Words

Bilingual Backers Exhorted To Protest
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, January 31st, 1987 • 900 Words

Sheltered English
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, January 13th, 1987, FRONT PAGE • 3,200 Words

Prop. 63 Backers Aim At Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times, Monday, November 24th, 1986 • 1,100 Words

Many Supporters Also Favor Bilingual Education, Ballots
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, October 25th, 1986 • 1,200 Words

Prop. 63 Roots Traced To Small Michigan City
Los Angeles Times, Monday, October 20th, 1986 • 2,600 Words

Norman Cousins Drops His Support Of Prop. 63
Los Angeles Times, Thursday, October 16th, 1986 • 1,200 Words

English-Only Proposition Kindles Minorities' Fears
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 12th, 1986, FRONT PAGE • 3,400 Words

Governor Favors Bilingual Education---With Changes
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 5th, 1986 • 600 Words

El Monte District Struggles To Find Bilingual Teachers
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, October 5th, 1986 • 1,600 Words

Governor's Bilingual Bill Veto Draws Fire
Los Angeles Times, Saturday, October 4th, 1986 • 900 Words

Deukmejian Vetoes Bill On Bilingual Education
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, October 1st, 1986, FRONT PAGE • 2,000 Words

Ramon Is Our Future, But What Is His? by Angie Papadakis
Los Angeles Times, Monday, August 25th, 1986 • 1,000 Words

Garvey Recruits 6 Teachers From Spain, Sight Unseen
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, August 17th, 1986 • 1,000 Words

English-Only Foes Get Some Legislative Help
Los Angeles Times, Friday, August 15th, 1986 • 900 Words

Board Favors New Bilingual Teaching Plan
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, July 1st, 1986 • 400 Words

Less English Urged In Bilingual Teaching
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, June 18th, 1986 • 800 Words

Bilingual Education Battle Heats Up In The Legislature
Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, June 11th, 1986 • 1,300 Words

Alternatives Offered For Teaching English To Immigrant Children
Los Angeles Times, Monday, March 17th, 1986 • 2,000 Words

School Would Teach All Students Spanish, Then Phase In English
Los Angeles Times, Sunday, February 2nd, 1986 • 800 Words

Appointee Has Dim View Of Bilingual Idea
Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, July 16th, 1985 • 800 Words