“New Orleans Schools Face Complaint About Treatment of ELL Families”

From Education Week, another example of how NOT to encourage parent engagement:

A new complaint alleging that some charter schools in New Orleans are discriminating against the non-English-speaking parents of Vietnamese and Latino students has been filed with federal civil rights officials.

Announced earlier today, the complaint—brought by two Asian-American civil rights organizations—says that a handful of charter schools on the city’s east side are failing to provide translated documents to non-English-speaking parents regarding enrollment, report cards, parent-teacher conferences and major school events, suspensions and other disciplinary actions, and the availability of services for students who need English-language-acquisition support and/or special education.

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