Parent and Teacher Opinions of Bilingual Education: Comparisons and Contrasts

Abstract

This paper examines the level of correspondence between parent and teacher opinions of bilingual education program characteristics. Six hundred Mexican American parents of children in bilingual education classrooms and sixty Mexican American teachers in bilingual classrooms were participants in this study. The general results for this study show that while parents and teachers may agree on rationales for bilingual education programs, they disagree regarding the operative features of bilingual education in the classroom.