Texas schools wonder how to address court's ruling on bilingual education

[Francis Hult]

Dallas News

 

Texas schools wonder how to address court's ruling on bilingual education

 

A federal judge's ruling that Texas has failed its students with limited English skills is suddenly the most eagerly awaited document in educational circles. 

 

U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice's ruling, released Friday, tossed out his own judgment last summer that Texas was doing an adequate job of providing students with the education they need to function in English. 

 

School administrators don't know the details of the latest ruling. But they know it will significantly change the way they teach the ever-increasing number of students who arrive at school speaking something other than English. 

 

And statewide, legislators say, it could cost hundreds of millions of dollars to implement. 

 

"It's going to be interesting to read that order and see how it impacts all of us," said Plano schools Superintendent Doug Otto. "The judge seemed to be focusing on secondary education, and implying that bilingual education programs might be appropriate at the secondary level, as opposed to the more traditional ESL [English as a Second Language] program."

 

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/DN-bilingual_27met.ART.State.Edition1.4d4e8bf.html

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