The Sarasota Herald Tribune – Kim Doleatto
In a 32-year longitudinal study of more than 8 million K-12 students, “We find that with either group, mono or bilingual, they’re one to two grades ahead of their peers by middle school in academic achievement when they attend early dual language schooling,” said Dr. Virginia Collier, researcher and Professor Emerita of bilingual and multicultural education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.