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In this article Soto describes thirteen bilingual children and their own awareness of bilingualism in their lives by sharing conversation with the others. The study is based on 6 girls and 7 boys from Pennsylvania that speak English and Spanish. Soto goes on to speak about how their town's award winning bilingual system was taken away, and the children were very upset when they went to school and could not understand what was going on. The author makes great points and has many sources that lead to many facts in the article. It is a good study within the article that could teach one about the studies that happen within bilingualism.

Smith discusses how the Davis Bilingual Magnet School is very effective in and out of the classroom. The school that teaches children of many different language backgrounds using Spanish and English is highly successful through standardized test scores, performance, and various other things. Through the different teaching methods and the context of studies, students learn very thuroughly and efficiently. Smith's article states good arguments of why this school is effective and makes one believe that the Davis Bilingual Magnet School shows great importance in the city of Tuscon, Arizona.

This document is about an example of the teaching of Biblical studies in the classroom and how it affects the student. This also gives a few examples of different churchs and their belief or ideas about the teaching of religion in schools.

The author states that children instinctively understand music. She believes since both music and reading are im portant that they should be used in combination to teach literacy. Using evidence from the Mozart effect studies, she stress the importance of music in education

This article written by Young speaks about how Vietnamese parents were given questionaires regarding the use of bilingual education in the San Diego City Schools. It goes on to speak about how parents agree that being bilingual will eventually help them later on in life, but learning their primary language is more important. Young teaches in his article the methods of this study, and he explains the data that was collected in very good detail, there are also many quick reading and helpful charts as well.

The piece by Bronwyn Williams talks about how teachers do not look at the ways reading and writing are presented in culture, but if they do, it is uncommon. He takes into account how popular movies and television programs have people reading in writing. In addition, Williams explains that these popular cultures will influence today's adolescents.