Has multiple definitions:
- education where two distinct languages are used for general teaching;
- education designed to help children become bilingual (sometimes called “two-way bilingual education”; e.g., Spanish speakers and English speakers in a classroom are all taught to speak both languages;
- education in a child’s native language for (a) the first year or (b) however long it takes; followed by mainstreaming in English-only classes (in the US);
- education in a child’s native language for as long as his parents wish (with minimal instruction in another language).
In the latter cases “native-language instruction” may be a clearer definition.