[Humidston]

The first PC commandment: THOU SHALT NEVER HURT ANYONE'S FEELINGS.

[carumba]

These poor slobs are mired in reality, they need to let their imaginations soar. They could offer tests in esirito, gungan, klingon, or morse code. We could write the tests in an ancient long unused language such as Sumerian, Egyptian, Etruscan, or Phoenician. Don't cater to the lowest common denominator. Challenge, uplift, strive to learn for the sake of learning. Sigh, I guess thats what you get when lawyers and judges have the final say.

[garandgal]

Well, they could implement a "Spanish only" policy at a public school. A city in our State did just that...believe it or not!

It's also on the "watch" list to be closed due to low test scores...imagine that!

[angelanddevil2]

"The state is also charged with wasting taxpayer money by testing students in a language they do not yet understand, the suit also states"

How much is it going to cost to test in the native language and teach in that language for 3 to 5 years?. Imagine that. If there is only one student whose native language is Buthanese, they need to test and teach him in Buthanese.....or Swedish, or Catalonian, or Mandarin Chinese, or Cantonese Chinese, or Dutch.....

[Route101]

If you can't speak English and will not learn it...go home!

[azhenfud]

...80 percent of his district's 16,000 students are enrolled in beginner-English programs.

"We are not educational failures," he said. "Our students perform very well once they get the opportunity to learn the English language."

So this 80% is within a year of just entering the U.S.? That would place MOST as illegal aliens. I say that because my legal immigrant adopted daughter came here speaking/reading no English and in six months is now reading at a third grade level. Why these aren't is because they don't want to.

[Beckwith]

Then let them go back to their country of origin and get tested.

We've had tens of millions of people migrate here who have assimilated.

[Syberyenta]

"As a result, thousands of (non-native English-speaking) children are left behind because they cannot demonstrate what they know (on English tests)," Hernandez said.

Or is it that thousands of children are left behind because they _do_ demonstrate what they do not know? The English teachers have failed.

[Route101]

"Diversity Pimps"...love it.