Many of the students at the school are intelligent, but they do not know how to put that intelligence to good use, because no one has ever taught them that they are capable of doing many things that they may want to do. Since this is the case, the teachers at the school must be given tools that are practical and can be easily incorporated into what they already do, which will help to stimulate the minds of the students that they work with when it comes to teaching them language literacy. While not an easy task, it is a worthwhile one that should be considered. Children are the future of this country and it seems wrong to neglect any of them, regardless of their race, ethnicity, background, language ability, or mental capabilities.

Those that can be educated should be educated, and ways must be found to ensure that this takes place. There is no reason to think that these children that scored low on the FCAT cannot be taught. They simply have to be given the tools that they need and they have to work with individuals that have the patience and the desire to teach them and make sure that they are able to follow their dreams and fulfill their goals. It is believed that there are several causes for the problem with these students, and these causes include:

Prejudice deters minority students' success.

Cultural biases are included in public education. Educators' attitudes toward race, poverty, and power are contributing factors causing schools' low performing FCAT scores and low academic abilities.

Low achievers fail to make the connection between effort and success resulting in nonparticipation during reading activities as observed...

Stereotypes and other prejudices, either real or imagined, are very strong for many people and because of this they feel as though they will fail regardless of what they do to try to avoid it. When they feel that they will fail no matter how hard they try, they soon feel as though there is no point in continuing to try. Case studies such as this one work to show that these students can succeed if they and their teachers have the right tools to help them do so.
Because children are so important to the future of the country, those that are struggling must be helped so that they do not have to face the discrimination that their parents often had to. The world will certainly not change overnight, and there will always be people that have prejudice toward someone based on a factor that the person cannot control, such as the ability to read or a mental difficulty. However, teachers that are expecting very little from their students because of language issues or other mental concerns are not challenging these students to succeed in any way, and therefore the students are only meeting (and sometimes not meeting) the expectations that the teachers have.

Lowering the school standards enough that everyone can pass is not the way to help these students. Instead, teachers must work to figure out how they can help their students learn and succeed when it comes to language literacy, FCAT scores, and other concerns. This ability to read more clearly will open doors for them in other subjects as well and give them a chance that many of them likely never thought they would have.