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21 points by tomaskafka 24 days ago · 10 comments

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resoluteteeth 24 days ago

I think this is a better explanation of the situation: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/connecticut-aleysha-ortiz-...

It seems like she needed special ed assistance with reading that she unfortunately wasn't getting.

  • Bluescreenbuddy 24 days ago

    The OP website is a right wing blog slop

    • thomassmith65 24 days ago

      I haven't read enough of the site to ascertain their political persuasion, but I'm allergic to the writing style. I notice...

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    • mpnex 24 days ago

      yeah the moment I saw

      > California governor’s office candidate Matt Mahan told me about the Third Grade Reading Gate when I first met him last year. It’s how I knew he was legit and focused on the right things.

      that put the rest of it in perspective for me

ofcourseyoudo 24 days ago

Should be noted her actual lawsuit did not mention anything about not being able to read, it's suing her case manager for bullying

https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInqu...

  • resoluteteeth 24 days ago

    There seem to be two lawsuits. The more relevant one is that she is apparently now suing the school for negligence.

hshdhdhj4444 24 days ago

The same evidence (the only evidence) could have been presented as:

Mississippi is doing great for its kids. We should all follow them.

Instead it’s completely unnecessarily frames as “the political side that I don’t like is ruining everything”. There are instances (too many, unfortunately) where this is true. This isn’t one of them. In comparable Blue/Red states (CA vs TX, NY vs FL) the blue states are doing better, even if u think the blue state performances are also inexcusable.

Have people become incapable of talking normally and need to force everything into an enemy/ally frame? Or is this just rage bait, or ironically, the author “virtue” signaling to their own political tribe

hyperhello 24 days ago

> In early education, teachers told her to “stay in a corner and sleep” or “draw pictures for them.” In high school, she relied on speech-to-text programs for every assignment. Teachers knew. Administrators knew. Nobody did anything. Now she’s a freshman at UConn studying public policy — and she still can’t read the textbooks.

Sounds like everyone else failed. Every single other person failed. A:Not(I)~>Fail(A).

  • rasz 24 days ago

    Failed or followed spirit of No Child Left Behind Act? That was Republican legislation if I remember correctly.

coldtea 24 days ago

That's nearly all of them (graduates)

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