Parents go to court over quality of ESL classes
A group of parents in Texas has taken the state to court over the quality of their kids’ ESL classes. They say that when their children have to repeat a grade, it’s because of poor quality ESL instruction, not because they are not capable. Their claim would appear to be backed up by statistics, which show 16% of “Low English Proficiency” students dropping out of school, compared to 4% of other students. The court will decide whether the Texas Education Agency needs to do more to monitor ESL classes…
December 9th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
I’m from the US - I’ve seen first-hand the quality of some of the ESL instruction here. Some is excellent, some deserves to be taken to court. More power to you, parents, stand up for your kids’ education.