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    Texas Ordered to Improve BILINGUAL Education!

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    Texas ordered to improve bilingual education
    TEA has until the end of January to change program for secondary schools.
    By Jeff Carlton

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    Saturday, July 26, 2008

    DALLAS — A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for "failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools."

    U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice said the Texas Education Agency is violating the civil rights of Spanish-speaking students under the federal Equal Education Opportunity Act. Furthermore, the state's monitoring of programs for students with limited English-language skills is "fatally flawed" because of unqualified monitors, undercounting of students with limited English proficiency and arbitrary standards, Justice said.

    The 1981 Bilingual and Special Education Programs Act, a measure passed by the Legislature that staved off court action addressing discrimination in Texas schools, has not improved the schooling of secondary students with limited English proficiency, Justice ruled.

    "The clear failure of secondary LEP students unquestionably demonstrates that, despite its efforts, TEA has not met its obligation to remedy the language deficiencies of Texas students," Justice wrote. "After a quarter century of sputtering implementation, defendants have failed to achieve results that demonstrate they are overcoming language barriers for secondary LEP students. Failed implementation cannot prolong the existence of a failed program in perpetuity."

    The new plans must be implemented by the 2009-10 school year.

    Texas Education Agency spokeswoman Debbie Ratcliffe declined to comment Friday night, saying she hadn't seen the ruling.

    In a statement, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fundhailed the ruling as the "most comprehensive legal decision concerning the civil rights of English language learners in the last 25 years."


    Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, an organization that helped litigate the case on behalf of other advocacy groups, said students in Texas who are primarily Spanish-speaking have higher dropout rates, lower graduation rates and lower achievement rates than their English-speaking counterparts.

    Justice's ruling affects "every single high school in Texas," said Luis Figueroa, a MALDEF attorney. "Every school district is going to have to realize the TEA is going to be looking at their accountability of English language learners."

    Justice did say that the problems are not seen in the state's elementary school programs.


    http://www.statesman.com/news/content/n ... ngual.html

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    Wasn't it also Dallas that told school principals that they had to learn Spanish or lose their jobs? Now THAT is a violation of civil rights of Americans.
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    President Lyndon B. Johnson (Dem.) appointed Judge William Wayne Justice to the bench.

    Judge Justice ruled, from his U.S. District Court bench, on the Doe vs. Plyer case. This 87-year old liberal has never been our friend!

    Excerpt:

    'They should be equal'

    Mr. Lopez crossed the Mexican border illegally to work in a foundry in Tyler in 1969. Later, he brought his wife and four children (all are now citizens or permanent residents) and enrolled the oldest ones in school.

    But in July 1977, district trustees voted to charge $1,000 tuition to illegal immigrant children. The Lopez family could not afford it.

    "I am illiterate – I am a person that doesn't know anything," Mr. Lopez said in Spanish in an interview this month. But he believed what the district did was wrong.

    "School is very important for all children, and they should not be discriminated against because they are Mexican or white or black," he said. "They should be equal."

    On the first day of school in 1977, Tyler officials targeted children who could not speak English.

    "It was a complete and total chaotic situation," recalled Michael McAndrew, a Catholic outreach worker who helped local Hispanics. "If you looked poor, you were put out of school."

    Mr. McAndrew turned to Mr. Daves, who contacted MALDEF for help. They found four families willing to sue Superintendent Jim Plyler and the school board in federal court over the tuition policy. The families were known collectively in the case as "Doe" to protect their identities.

    At 8 years old, Alfredo Lopez knew only that "they wouldn't let us go to school."

    He remembers heading to the courthouse in the dark for the 6 a.m. hearing.

    "It was early in the morning to keep the media away," said Mr. Lopez, who speaks with an East Texas twang. "My parents knew we could be deported. We had everything we owned waiting in the car."

    The situation was grim, Mr. Daves said. A smattering of challenges to the law had already failed in state court.

    But the attorneys were relying on the reputation of U.S. District Court Judge William Wayne Justice, known for ruling in favor of the poor and minorities.

    Judge Justice issued a preliminary injunction and ordered the children back to school in Tyler just days after they were barred. He issued a permanent injunction against the district in 1978.

    Sitting in his chambers in Austin recently, the 87-year-old judge said the case's facts were unprecedented.

    "I think it's the most important case I ever decided," he said.

    His ruling prompted more than a dozen similar challenges across the state. In Dallas, lawyers sued over the school district's policy of not admitting illegal immigrant children. In Houston lawyers challenged the district's tuition policy.

    In some places, illegal immigrant children stayed out of school for years as the cases played out in court.
    http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 34e2f.html

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    The ILLEGALS and their Anchor Babies in the Texas School System are so illiterate that “ourâ€

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    So true, No more tax payer money, shut down all school system,

    And all parents have to prove they are Americans or here legally.
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    [quote="lccat"]The ILLEGALS and their Anchor Babies in the Texas School System are so illiterate that “ourâ€

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    The same AP article but a link just in case you desire to leave a comment on the article for the PRO ILLEGAL Houston Newspaper!

    You will have to keep your eye on your own comment, the Houston Newspaper tends to DELETE comments that are not PRO ILLEGAL! Click on "newest comments first"

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5909036.html

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    DALLAS — A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for "failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools."

    U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice said the Texas Education Agency is violating the civil rights of Spanish-speaking students under the federal Equal Education Opportunity Act. Furthermore, the state's monitoring of programs for students with limited English-language skills is "fatally flawed" because of unqualified monitors, undercounting of students with limited English proficiency and arbitrary standards, Justice said.

    The 1981 Bilingual and Special Education Programs Act, a measure passed by the Texas Legislature 27 years ago that staved off court action addressing discrimination in Texas schools, has not improved the schooling of secondary students with limited English proficiency, Justice ruled.

    The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, an organization that helped litigate the case on behalf of other advocacy groups, said primarily Spanish-speaking students in Texas have higher dropout rates, lower graduation rates and lower achievement rates than their English-speaking counterparts.

    "The clear failure of secondary LEP students unquestionably demonstrates that, despite its efforts, TEA has not met its obligation to remedy the language deficiencies of Texas students," Justice wrote. "After a quarter century of sputtering implementation, defendants have failed to achieve results that demonstrate they are overcoming language barriers for secondary LEP students. Failed implementation cannot prolong the existence of a failed program in perpetuity."

    The ruling gave the TEA until Jan. 31, 2009, to come up with plans to improve secondary school programs for students with limited English proficiency and the monitoring of those programs. Those plans must be implemented by the 2009-10 school year.

    Texas Education Agency spokeswoman Debbie Ratcliffe declined to comment Friday night, saying she hadn't seen the ruling.

    In a statement, MALDEF hailed the ruling as the "most comprehensive legal decision concerning the civil rights of English language learners in the last 25 years."

    Justice's ruling affects "every single high school in Texas," Luis Figueroa, a MALDEF attorney, told the Associated Press. "Every school district is going to have to realize the TEA is going to be looking at their accountability of English language learners."

    Justice did say in the ruling that the problems in secondary schools are not seen in the state's elementary school programs.



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    DALLAS — A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for "failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools."
    SO WHAT? What is the judge going to do about it? Dumb down the education of American students who are already being held back due to poorly educated kids from foreign countries, LIKE MEXICO? Wouldnt it be cheaper and smarter just to deport the illegal kids?

    Taxpayers are fedup with supporting them and dumbing down our schools.



    The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, an organization that helped litigate the case
    It figures that MALDEF was part of this ruling.
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    Did I miss something?

    Does the word "comprehensive" now officially mean "anti-American"??
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    Quote Originally Posted by MW
    President Lyndon B. Johnson (Dem.) appointed Judge William Wayne Justice to the bench.

    Judge Justice ruled, from his U.S. District Court bench, on the Doe vs. Plyer case. This 87-year old liberal has never been our friend!

    Excerpt:

    'They should be equal'

    Mr. Lopez crossed the Mexican border illegally to work in a foundry in Tyler in 1969. Later, he brought his wife and four children (all are now citizens or permanent residents) and enrolled the oldest ones in school.

    But in July 1977, district trustees voted to charge $1,000 tuition to illegal immigrant children. The Lopez family could not afford it.

    "I am illiterate – I am a person that doesn't know anything," Mr. Lopez said in Spanish in an interview this month. But he believed what the district did was wrong.

    "School is very important for all children, and they should not be discriminated against because they are Mexican or white or black," he said. "They should be equal."

    On the first day of school in 1977, Tyler officials targeted children who could not speak English.

    "It was a complete and total chaotic situation," recalled Michael McAndrew, a Catholic outreach worker who helped local Hispanics. "If you looked poor, you were put out of school."

    Mr. McAndrew turned to Mr. Daves, who contacted MALDEF for help. They found four families willing to sue Superintendent Jim Plyler and the school board in federal court over the tuition policy. The families were known collectively in the case as "Doe" to protect their identities.

    At 8 years old, Alfredo Lopez knew only that "they wouldn't let us go to school."

    He remembers heading to the courthouse in the dark for the 6 a.m. hearing.

    "It was early in the morning to keep the media away," said Mr. Lopez, who speaks with an East Texas twang. "My parents knew we could be deported. We had everything we owned waiting in the car."

    The situation was grim, Mr. Daves said. A smattering of challenges to the law had already failed in state court.

    But the attorneys were relying on the reputation of U.S. District Court Judge William Wayne Justice, known for ruling in favor of the poor and minorities.

    Judge Justice issued a preliminary injunction and ordered the children back to school in Tyler just days after they were barred. He issued a permanent injunction against the district in 1978.

    Sitting in his chambers in Austin recently, the 87-year-old judge said the case's facts were unprecedented.

    "I think it's the most important case I ever decided," he said.

    His ruling prompted more than a dozen similar challenges across the state. In Dallas, lawyers sued over the school district's policy of not admitting illegal immigrant children. In Houston lawyers challenged the district's tuition policy.

    In some places, illegal immigrant children stayed out of school for years as the cases played out in court.
    http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 34e2f.html

    Liberal judges are killing our country. Obama and a Democrat controlled U.S. Congress will undoubtedly take every opportunity to give us more of the same (liberal judges).
    It's unbelievable that Judge William Wayne used race and minority status as his rational for deciding in favor of Doe ( illegal invaders) when this case was had absolutely nothing to do with either!

    This case had everything to do with people who entered our country in violation of federal immigration law and expected this country to provide them with a free education!
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