Letter: Underestimating English learners
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I found the Opinion piece "Some students being set up to fail" [Sept. 29] to be insulting and arrogant.
New York State Regent Roger Tilles' involvement in education since 1970s should have produced superior results. Instead, he implies that the current population of students and teachers is not as competent as it should be and needs more time to master English?
Really, those who have come to America from other places are smarter than ever. That's why they have chosen to come to America. Do not reduce them to less.
Carole Celiberti Lucca, Huntington
