jayt@ssc-vax.UUCP (Jay T McCanta) (04/18/85)
I remember hearing about a law suit between parents and a school district.
It was, I believe, in Indiana (so we can probably rule out that state (-:).
It was about three maybe four years ago. The parents were suing the school
because the school held the child back in the first grade becasue he could
not read. The parents claim was that by holding the child back, permanent
emotional damage was done. The schools defense was that if they allowed the
child to pass, the chances of his not learning to read would be greatly
increased thereby limiting the reach of his potential.
Does anybondy remember the case? If so, how did it turn out? A similar
situation happend to a friend's friend's child, and while discussing it, the
group split into two factions. There were a lot more people on the side of
the parents, while I (and few others) sided with the school.
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Jay T. McCanta
Boeing Aerospace
Kent, Wa.
{uw-beaver|adiron|boeing|cesonix|argus|purdue}!ssc-vax!jaytneal@denelvx.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) (04/28/85)
> The parents were suing the school > because the school held the child back in the first grade becasue he could > not read. The parents claim was that by holding the child back, permanent > emotional damage was done. > > Jay T. McCanta When you consider that ex-students are also suing school districts for passing them when they DON'T learn to read, this has very interesting implications for the school. My God, are they going to have to start teaching people to read? Actually the above should have a :-) attached. I really do believe what I posted a couple of weeks ago (to another net on a totally unrelated topic). Namely, you DON'T TEACH people, they LEARN or they choose not to. Still and all, someone in the first grade should still be capable of being influenced to learn or not to learn and presumably the teacher will weild at least some of this influence. (Sorry I can't help you find the article. I hadn't heard of anyone actually doing this until I saw your posting.) Regards, Neal Weidenhofer "The law is for protection Denelcor, Inc. of the people" <hao|csu-cs|brl-bmd>!denelcor!neal
brahms@spp3.UUCP (Bradley S. Brahms) (04/30/85)
> > I remember hearing about a law suit between parents and a school district. > It was, I believe, in Indiana (so we can probably rule out that state (-:). > It was about three maybe four years ago. The parents were suing the school > because the school held the child back in the first grade becasue he could > not read. The parents claim was that by holding the child back, permanent > emotional damage was done. The schools defense was that if they allowed the > child to pass, the chances of his not learning to read would be greatly > increased thereby limiting the reach of his potential. I remember a more recent case where a student filed suit against a school system because he could NOT read, yet he had graduated. If I remember correctly, is was passed along because of his athletic ability. The schools appear damned if they do and damed if they don't. I personally hope that the law suit against Indiana was thrown out. What is a school for anyway? -- Brad Brahms usenet: {decvax,ucbvax}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms arpa: Brahms@usc-eclc