tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post114933993427453218..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Hope Exits With California High School ExamJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-1149423063434446752006-06-04T08:11:00.000-04:002006-06-04T08:11:00.000-04:00Here in New York, ESL students are requeired to pa...Here in New York, ESL students are requeired to pass the English Regents exam. It's possible to train most of them to pass it.<BR/><BR/>But we now do so in lieu of teaching them English. When there's limited room on their schedules, they get test prep instead of English class. It's short-sighted and idiotic.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-1149360744519331632006-06-03T14:52:00.000-04:002006-06-03T14:52:00.000-04:00Dr. Horn readers may be interested in the cases Ho...Dr. Horn readers may be interested in the cases Hobson v. Hansen (1967) and Larry P. v. Riles (1972, 1979). Hobson was a Washington DC case where students were placed in sped classes based on IQ tests that were not normed to their particular groups as was Larry P. which was a case in California. <BR/><BR/><BR/>OT - I am very concern with vocational programs being taken out of school districts as well as out sourcing of jobs to oversea markets, we have not jobs for students who are actually disabled.QueenAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391127933146007512noreply@blogger.com