Boston schools violated rights of students that lacked English proficiency

From The Boston Globe: A federal investigation has determined that Boston schools violated the civil rights of thousands of students who speak limited English by failing to provide specialized instruction. A settlement agreement calls for the school district to overhaul programs and bolster teacher training. Slightly more than half the 8,300 students affected were not receiving appropriate instruction because ineffective testing failed to detect a lack of English fluency, the investigation found. The other students had been properly identified but not placed in classes geared for those with a language barrier.