RSSVirginia Counties in Defiance
Feb 23rd, 2007 | By Eric Hoefler | Category: Education/LiteracyHere in Virginia, Fairfax county has rejected the state’s standardized test (and hence NCLB) for immigrant children.
The Fairfax County School Board passed a resolution last month to defy the mandate, saying it is unfair to give such an exam to students just beginning to grasp the nuances of English. Fairfax Schools Could Lose Millions for Defying ‘No Child’ - washingtonpost.com
Other counties are joining in the protest. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
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It would be so much easier if schools didn’t have to deal with this issue, if illegal immigrants (legal immigrants are okay!! There is a difference!!) were never allowed to cross the borders and cause a burden on our public schools since schools have to take these students in…at least FCPS has the cahones to stick up for their students, though, in regard to NCLB. You’d never see this happen in a certain other local county school system…hmmm…wonder which one…