CT: High school grad with honors, but can’t read or write.

Friday, August 22, 2025

Aleysha is now suing the Hartford Board of Education and the City of Hartford for negligence, as well as her special education case manager, Tilda Santiago. Accepted to UCONN.

Posted by oneironaut at 04:14 PM | 17 COMMENTS | permalink

Wow how racist can Lumpers get.

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The bigotry of low expectations.
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#1 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-22 04:15 PM

So, how did Aleysha become a college student who can't read or write? The same way she got through high school, she says: By relying on apps that translate text to speech and speech to text.

So, she cheated.

"So, how did Aleysha become a college student who can't read or write?"

Meanwhile, Sam Altman, making the AI that can do the students homework, is part of a multi trillion dollar industry.

This is called: Getting what you pay for.

More from the cited article ...

... Jesse Turner, who runs the Literacy Center at Central Connecticut State University, says the quality of special education in public schools often varies according to zip code and demographics.

A 2019 report from EdBuild, which promotes equity in public schools, found majority non-White school districts in the US get $23 billion less than districts that mostly serve White students. Minority enrollment in Hartford's public schools was at about 90% during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.

"America should be asking a question: Do we really care about our children -- all of our children?" Turner asks. ...

@#2 ... So, how did Aleysha become a college student who can't read or write? The same way she got through high school, she says: By relying on apps that translate text to speech and speech to text.

So, she cheated. ...

Or did she use the tools available to overcome the challenges she faced?

She may have had difficulties communicating, but she did appear to have a high level of intelligence to use tools to help her to meet the educational requirements.

Local coverage ...

Hartford's attorneys argue for dismissal of Aleysha Ortiz lawsuit (August 11, 2025)
ctmirror.org

... Attorneys for the Hartford Board of Education, a Hartford special education teacher and the City of Hartford argued before a Superior Court judge on Monday that claims by a former student that she was bullied and harassed by staff in the school district, including by her special education case manager, should be dismissed.

The student, Aleysha Ortiz, graduated from Hartford Public Schools last year despite never learning to read or write. Last summer, she spoke to The Connecticut Mirror about her time in the school district, which she entered when she was 6 years old.

Shortly after her story went public, Ortiz filed her lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, doesn't seek damages related to her educational attainment.

Rather, it focuses on the emotional harm that was allegedly done to Ortiz during her years in the Hartford school district, including by case manager Tilda Santiago. ...

@#6 ... The lawsuit, however, doesn't seek damages related to her educational attainment. ...

So, #5 seems to be a valid opinion here?

Or did she use the tools available to overcome the challenges she faced?

Fair enough. I suppose you don't need to know how to read or write if AI can do it for you. In fact, you don't really need to know anything.

@#8 ... In fact, you don't really need to know anything ...

As you noted in #2, she used the tools to convert text to and from speech.

To me, that indicates she was the thinking behind her efforts.

I've posted this article previously ...

Connecticut's zoning laws a focus in racial equity debate (2021)
apnews.com

... "People can see with their own eyes that segregation exists in Connecticut and oftentimes they don't know why. And zoning is one of the reasons why," said Sara Bronin, the law professor at the University of Connecticut and Yale University. "It goes to the very core of the opportunities that families have to live in integrated communities and to have the opportunities that they need to thrive."

The nation's racial reckoning has generated momentum to make it easier for people to live wherever they want in the state, where Democrats control the state legislature, but there's been some resistance, especially from residents and leaders of smaller and often wealthy communities.

At recent hearings on housing-related legislation, opponents have argued that proposed zoning changes from the state could end local decision-making of zoning matters and that a one-size-fits all approach won't work in a state with 169 unique cities and towns, many of which have plans to increase affordable housing opportunities.

"When we moved here over 25 years ago, one of the things that brought us here was the character of the community, the small town feel that we have here," said Erin Hedley, a resident of New Canaan, during an online public hearing where she testified against a bill that would eliminate some public hearing requirements for accessory dwelling units, such as in-law apartments. ...

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@#10 m.... a resident of New Canaan ...

New Canaan, CT - Demographics
en.wikipedia.org

... The racial makeup of the town was 95.27% White, 1.04% African American, 0.04% Native American, 2.29% Asian, 0.39% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.74% of the population. ...