Disputes surrounding the question of which language should be used in education in California are gaining public attention. A significant portion of the population of California, being one of the states adjacent to Mexico, is made up of Hispanics. This enriches but also complicates the state's education system. Specifically, the variety of different racial origins causes linguistic problems in schools today. Therefore, especially in terms of educational policy formulation and in the school context, the Hispanic population must be taken into consideration. Although bilingual education seems like a positive way to educate Spanish-speaking students, it is actually harmful because it makes no difference in their grades, there are a limited number of bilingual speakers to teach them, and parents of Hispanic students argue the ban on the bilingual education system. To date, there are still differing opinions on whether the use of both native and local languages ​​is constructive or distracting to Latino students' English language learning and school subjects as a whole. A recent study by Branum and other authors of “Contextual Effects of Bilingual Programs” in 2010 shows that, on a test for understanding passages in English, the average scores of first graders in the English immersion program and those in maintenance of Spanish did not vary. significantly (341). This shows that the bilingual education system does not really benefit students in terms of grades. For all parties involved in the education system, from politicians to educators to students (and to some extent parents of students), bilingualism brings forward additional comp...... middle of paper ...... and the students. Amid the discussions, the proper education of every student, without exemptions, remains the ultimate goal, and we must not lose sight of that. Works Cited Branum-Martin, Lee et al. “Contextual Effects of Bilingual Programs on Beginning Reading.” Journal of Educational Psychology 102.2 (2010): 341–55. Farruggio, Pete. “Latino Immigrant Parents' Perspectives on Bilingual Education as a Vehicle for Heritage Preservation.” Journal of Latinos and Education 9.1 (2010): 3-21.Monzó, Lilia. Latino Parents' “Choice” for Bilingual Education in an Urban California School: Language Politics in the Aftermath of Proposition 227.” Bilingual Research Journal 29.2 (2005): 365-86. Necochea, Juan and Zulmara Cline. “Effective Instructional Practices for English Language Learners in Mainstream Contexts.” Race Ethnicity and education 3.3 (2000): 317-32.