刘诉尼考尔斯案,确立了英语能力有限学生享有特别教学的权利,是美国华人史和双语教育史上具有里程碑意义的判例。关于报纸对刘案判决的反应,克劳福德等人持《纽约时报》“一句话带过”说。重新检视证据发现,《纽约时报》对刘案做了三处报道,其中一段发表在头版。《华盛顿邮报》和《洛杉矶时报》均在第一时间做了深度报道。克劳福德等人的论断不符合历史事实,刘案判决一开始就引起了美国主流报纸的广泛关注,它对美国社会产生的影响,值得进一步的研究。 Liu v. Nichols case, established the English ability of students enjoy special teaching rights, is the history of Chinese American and bilingual education history landmark. In response to the newspaper’s decision on Liu’s case, Crawford et al. Said in the New York Times. A review of the evidence found that The New York Times made three reports on Liu and one of them was published on the front page. The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times were both in-depth coverage for the first time. The judgment of Crawford et al. Did not accord with historical facts. The judgment of Liu case caused the widespread concern of the mainstream American newspapers from the very beginning, and its impact on American society deserved further study.