Saturday, May 21, 2011

High School Graduates Must Speak English!

The New London Connecticut School System will, in 2015, require all students who graduate from their system to read and speak English!

Can you imagine that?

Here’s the New York Daily News article: Students at Connecticut's New London High School must know English if they want diploma.

I hope these guys are feeling better now!

EMSD#63 administrators regularly remind us that dozens of foreign languages are spoken throughout the District.  By their own account the District has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in an attempt to accommodate this segment of the Districts population; without, in my opinion, that much success. 

Maybe it’s time for EMSD#63 leadership to rethink its ESL goals and strategies.  What do you think?

Of course, it’s just my opinion!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Mr. B.,

LOL - That would be funny if it weren't so true.