California Report
KQED-FM, San Francisco
September 26, 2005

Education Department Withholds Study on Bilingual Education
By KATHRYN BARON
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After three years and nearly $2 million, the U.S. Department of Education has decided not to publish a report on the best ways to learn to read English as a second language. Officials say the research failed to meet standards for quality. But James Crawford, executive director of the National Association for Bilingual Education, questions whether the decision is politically motivated.