On Sun, 31 May 1998, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> ...Florida has taken one more step. The state recently passed a law
> requiring that students taking remedial courses repeatedly will be
> charged the full price of the course, not the subsidized price
> available to local students.
>
> The last paragraph is especially depressing. From now on, in Florida,
> working-class students will be forced to pay the 'full price' to
> individually remedy the consequences of separate and unequal education
> they have suffered.
This is particularly galling when one takes into account that the FL state public school system is ranked among the lowest in the country (somewhere between 47-49). Of course a large percentage of the students are going to need extensive remedial work.
yours, Frances