Foreign Language Being Squeezed out of GA Schools

"Several speakers at a public hearing before the state Board of Education
said the exclusion of foreign languages or fine arts as core requirements in
the proposal will have dire, unintended consequences.

"We anticipate a reduction of access to language education in Georgia," said
Carol Semonsky, an associate professor of foreign language education at
Georgia State University.

Speakers told the board that new math and science requirements would freeze
out other subjects like foreign languages and arts.

The proposed changes in all would require public high school students to
pass four years of math and science, up from three years, and earn at least
23 credits instead of 22." (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

I sure am glad we homeschool.



1 comment:

DD said...

They're going to learn Spanish here in Snellville just by living here, so I guess we won't really need it. I only got a 'C' in Spanish in 9th grade and I now seem to know more than I ever did, more than 20 years later. Me gusta la esquela. !Hasta manana mi amiga!

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