Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gB956YX05046; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 00:06:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 00:06:35 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2FE2DB4D.1361F7B3.0006CB3C@netscape.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: tjjhjr@netscape.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:986] RE: NPR Program on Challenges Facing Latino Students X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 1901 Lines: 33 the biggest challenge facing Latino students is the inability of OCR and the Federal Dept of ED and state Depts of Ed to force school districts to buy books and have materials and services and teachers in place for them......there are too many adults in positions of power who take home their paychecks without a care in the world.....while these kids are going down the drain.......in PA for example....people say the PDE monitors for ESL only in those those districts they know ARE IN COMPLIANCE ALREADY........so.......how do you stop that???????....in MD they 'lock' up the ESL kids in the guidance office with no instruction 6 hours plus/week! "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> wrote: >FYI: > >EDUCATING LATINOS: A SPECIAL REPORT >Latino students now make up the largest minority group in the school-age >population in the country. Yet they lag behind their white and Asian peers >-- and in some cases African-Americans as well -- on most measures of >achievement: test scores, college completion, and dropout rates. There is >a broad consensus in research and policy circles that the public schools >are not doing a good job of meeting the needs of these students, and that >a vast pool of human capital is at risk of being squandered. NPR's "All >Things Considered" is featuring a five-part series on the challenges >facing Latino students, assimilation, gender equality, bilingual >education, and finding Spanish-speaking teachers. >http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/nov/educating_latinos/index.ht >ml > > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > >-Mary Ann Corley >NIFL-povracelit List Moderator > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
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