Feds examine LA schools' English learner program

Associated Press:

The U.S. Education Department is planning to examine the Los Angeles Unified School District's low achieving English-language learning program to determine whether those students are being denied a fair education.
The department's Office for Civil Rights will investigate whether the nation's second-largest school district is complying with federal civil rights laws with regard to English-language learners, who comprise about a third of the district's 688,000 pupils, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The inquiry was sparked by the low academic achievement of the district's English learners. Only 3 percent are proficient in high-school math and English.

Problems in LAUSD's English-language learning program were highlighted last fall in a study by the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 11, 2010 1:01 AM
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