La Plaza Central

Much has been said on this blog about the influx of Latino children in our nation’s elementary schools, and their growing percentage of the entire school-age population.  The question of disproportionately low graduation rates has also been raised.  So the question is, which is a more effective strategy for educating our nation’s Latino youth, bilingual or English-only education?  Here’s a video from MSNBC that examines both sides of the question, without really coming to a consensus, other to say that both have their merits/drawbacks and maybe the local school systems should be allowed to decide.