<br><br>Forwarded <span class="gmail_quote">From: <a href="mailto:edling@ccat.sas.upenn.edu">edling@ccat.sas.upenn.edu</a><br><br></span>Houston Chronicle<br><br>Judge rules Texas ESL programs 'adequate'<br><br>AUSTIN — A federal judge Monday denied an effort by civil rights groups to
<br>force changes in the way Texas handles bilingual education, finding that the<br>state is in line with federal law.<br><br>"On the facts before it, the court concludes that TEA's (the Texas Education<br>Agency's) education theory is sound, and its implementation and enforcement of
<br>the bilingual/ ESL (English as a Second Language) program is adequate under<br>federal law," wrote U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice. "TEA's<br>implementation of the program at the elementary level is yielding promising
<br>preliminary results."<br><br><br>Full story:<br><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5012941.html">http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5012941.html</a><br><br><br clear="all"><br>
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