Arizona teacher accent scrutiny halted to avoid civil-rights suit

[azmouse]

Quote:Facing a possible civil-rights lawsuit, Arizona has struck an agreement with federal officials to stop monitoring classrooms for mispronounced words and poor grammar from teachers of students still learning the English language.

Instead, the task of testing teachers' fluency in English will fall to school districts and charter schools as part of federal and state legal requirements.

The state's agreement with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education allows it to avoid further investigation and a possible federal civil-rights lawsuit.

The investigation began after unnamed parties filed a civil-rights complaint in May 2010 alleging that the state's on-site monitoring reports led to teachers being removed from classrooms based on their accents.

In November, federal officials told Arizona that its fluency monitoring may violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against teachers who are Hispanic and others who are not native English speakers.



Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2...z1XkcM1J5g

And crap like this happens in a state with a governor who can barely string two coherent words together.

[jaxx]

I remember when that happened and am glad to see them backing off. It is just one more way to discriminate against people who immigrated to this country.

[nofurylike]

that is very good to hear.
thank you for that news, azmouse!