... The bilingual educational system was legally first introduced by Governor R. Reagan in 1967. Reagan as Governor of California signed a bill eliminating the state's English-only instructional mandate and allowing bilingual education. Proposition 227, that has reformed the thirty year old bill, has taken affect on June 2, 1998. The proposition introduces a new way of teaching the English language to immigrant ... way or the other, immigrants will have to accept the fact that the need to "melt" in the American culture is imperative for them to be socially successful. Many multi-cultural cit...

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