The question:

Is bilingual education a disaster?

CAST OF CHARACTERS

1. Ron Unz, politician and author of Prop 227
2. James Crawford, author and bilingual education advocate
3. Delaine Eastin, superintendent of schools, California
4. Greg Noonan, superintendent of schools, Oceanside
5. Ted Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts
6. President George W. Bush
7. Jay Greene, researcher and author of an evaluation report
8. Kenji Hakuta, researcher and advocate of bilingualism
9. Wayne Johnson, president, CTA
10. Anaida Colón-Muñiz, president, CABE
11. Neil Andersen, president, TESOL
12. Jaime Molera, superintendent of schools, Arizona
13. Eugene Paslov, president, Harcourt Measurement, publisher of Stanford-9
14. Eugene Garcia, dean, UC Berkeley School of Education
15. Anthony Alvarado, chancellor for instruction, San Diego City Schools
16. Gray Davis, Governor of California
17. Jerry Brown, mayor of Oakland
18. Willie Brown, mayor of San Francisco
19. Rachel Lotan
20. Linda Darling Hammond
21. Orrin Hatch, Senator from Utah
22. Rodney Paige, U. S. Secretary of Education
23. Christine Rossell, Boston University professor and critic of bilingual education
24. Linda Chavez, President, Center for Equal Opportunity
25. Richard Rodriguez, author and social commentator
26. Mario Cuomo, ret. Governor of New York
27. Jaime Escalante, Stand up and deliver!
28. Stephen Krashen, researcher and bilingual education advocate
29. Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
30. Pete Wilson, former Governor of California

Moderator: Oprah Winfrey