13172. THE CONTROVERSY OVER BILINGUAL EDUCATION. This paper analyzes the bilingual education controversy, tracing the history of bilingual education in the United States, examining the arguments for and against bilingual education, and surveying the research literature on the outcome (effectiveness) of bilingual education. Concludes that the current model of bilingual education is ineffective. KEYWORDS: bilingual education ESL students term paper. APA Style. 20 pages, 34 footnotes, 16 bibliographic sources.