1.   And there is no known difference in dropout rates between those in bilingual classes and those of similar background studying only in English.

2.   At the same time, educators in Oakland and San Francisco say they are bound by a federal consent decree to offer bilingual classes no matter what voters want.

3.   At schools, Fujianese children are placed with other students in regular classes or bilingual classes taught in Mandarin or Cantonese.

4.   Bilingual classes at Frank end in fourth grade.

5.   About half of them are enrolled in bilingual classes and half in ESL.

6.   About half of them are enrolled in bilingual classes, in which they are automatically placed if they fail a test of English competence.

7.   But if bilingual classes leave a child illiterate in two languages, something is wrong.

8.   But some parents of students with poor English skills have complained that they were discouraged by school and district administrators from moving their children from bilingual classes.

9.   But Unz did not focus on districts where scores had increased while bilingual classes continued.

10.   By the time he was in fourth grade, the school suggested that he needed special education as well as bilingual classes.