California schools fail to teach children to read or write, suit says California has broken its promise to millions of schoolchildren with an education system that is failing to teach students to read or write, advocates charged Tuesday in a lawsuit seeking a statewide right of “access to literacy.” The suit was filed on behalf of current and former elementary school students and their families in two districts in Los Angeles and Stockton, and a charter school in Los Angeles County. The lead plaintiff is a 7-year-old second-grader who can’t spell words like “need” and “help,” lawyers said. They said students in one charter school class couldn’t read their social studies lesson ... Continue reading... http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-schools-fail-to-teach-children-to-read-12407882.php
