California Conservative

Just when you thought you heard it all…
(never presume)

S.F. Chronicle reports: “Ten school districts filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state, claiming students who are learning to speak English should be tested in their native language as mandated by federal law.”

How does one respond in English to this: How about, WTF? Are you kidding?

“The school districts, joined by two bilingual-education advocacy groups, say the 1.6 million students and their schools are penalized because tests given in English do not accurately measure how well English-learners understand academic subjects.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act, signed by President Bush in 2002, requires schools to show academic improvement among their students each year, with a goal of having every child proficient in reading and math by 2014.”

Last we checked, numbers are a universal language. But that’s beside the point. So, who’s behind this latest absurdity, this ugly manifestation of political-correctness, seeking to further retard the education system in America?

“Schools that don’t show adequate yearly progress toward that goal are penalized, said attorney Marc Coleman, one of the attorneys representing the districts and the two interest groups — Californians for Bilingual Education and Californians Together.”

Is there any surprise? (Sadly, no)

“School districts with high concentrations of immigrant students are suffering because the standardized tests that measure progress are conducted solely in English, said Coleman.

“The sanctions have really kicked in, and districts are feeling the pain of being labeled failures.”

Let’s get this straight: “High concentrations” of immigrants (possibly even illegal) are the basis for a special-interest’s lawsuit demanding that school districts provide them with tests - not in English - but in their native language?

Two words: In-sane.

It’s bad enough at the voting booth, sifting through the multilingual ballots. We’d argue: If you can’t read, you can’t vote. But that’s another story for another time.

This case needs to be thrown out on it’s derriere. (That’s french, by the way) And fast.

It’s becoming very clear why Democrats want an extra $3 billion for alleged education costs. Money to burn.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 at 3:25 pm and is filed under Academia, California, Education, Immigration, Special Interests. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.