Shockingly High? I'm not shocked at that revelation.
But I thought the Democrats were going to solve all that!
< sarcasm />
But if you ask the nimrods at the National Teachers Assoc, all is well in LA. There is no problems there.
The DUMBING DOWN of America continues on the Left Coast.
This does not surprise me in the least. Illegal aliens have no need to learn to read or write English because all their needs are met in the U.S.. They get free everything even though they broke our laws. And the ones that dropout of school after three weeks are probably children of these illegals--just following the excellent example set by their parents, after all.
Que?
quick raise taxes and get illegal aliens tutors to bring them up to speed...
Use some budget, deport illegals, problem solved.
ping
It's Bush's fault.
Make Spanish 1st language. Problem solved.
I liv in El Ay an I don cee wat the poblem is.
KInd of explains the Democratic vote totals in LACounty, doesn't it.
Why should they learn to read English?
As far as they are concerned the invasion of America is proceeding on schedule and, with the help of our complicate politicos, spanish will soon be the official language of the southern tier of states and English speakers will be the illiterate ones.
Duh. We have record number of first generation foreigners here. Some are illegal. These people do not speak the language, let alone read it. WE are importing poverty in this nation, and this state. There was a time we would only accept the creme of the crop.
We have not pruned our nation to remove the dead wood. California is 49th on level of education nationwide. We are allowing the "dead wood" to pull us down. Quality not quantity should be the order of things.
By the way. These illiterates are holding jobs that probably require computer skills and reading ability. That explains why there are so much errors in so many things.
If they can't read, how will they know?
Shocking? There is a reason that Democrats rule in the big cities such as LA, NYC, Chicago, etc. Could this be one of them?
Connect the dots.
They tested American workers, or illegals? Hmm...let me guess.
-"despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent in public schools over the past decade to boost literacy rates..."-
Wow! Ya mean throwing money into the black pit of the public school system didn't help? There's a surprise.