Newt Gingrich Calls Bilingualism “Very Dangerous”
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Newt Gingrich Calls Bilingualism “Very Dangerous”

By Mary Ann Zehr — April 03, 2007 1 min read
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This bit of news has received so much comment by bloggers that I need not add any more.

I merely note that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich apparently equated bilingual education with the “language of living in a ghetto.” He also reportedly said in a March 31 speech he made to the National Federation of Republican Women that “allowing bilingualism to continue to grow is very dangerous.” The March 31 Associated Press article about the speech is here. Here’s the Tennessee Guerilla Women’s response. Likewise, “la bloguera” of the Adventures of the Coconut Caucus disagrees.

For someone who agrees with Mr. Gingrich, see the Hill’s pundits blog, here.

Mary Ann Zehr
Mary Ann Zehr was an assistant editor for Education Week. Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She is the author of the blog Learning the Language.

A version of this news article first appeared in the Learning the Language blog.