Calif. freezes assets of private school for Immigrants

School had Disinformation Curriculum

• Text books contained Blatant Glaring Errors. Intentionally given to Students to Misinform.
  

California has joined other states in acting against a private school that claimed to award high school diplomas while teaching its immigrant students a curriculum riddled with errors, including the wrong years for World War II and the wrong number of states. The California Alternative High School in Los Angeles targeted Hispanic immigrants, charging $450 to $1,450 for a 10-week course it said would lead to a valid diploma and help them get into college, find better jobs and get financial aid, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said last week. But the school's certificate isn't recognized as a high school diploma, Lockyer said, and school officials ignored a previous court order that banned them from telling consumers it was. Lockyer said the curriculum consisted of a slim workbook riddled with errors, including:
-The United States has 53 states but the "flag has not yet been updated to reflect the addition of the last three states" - Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. -World War II began in 1938 and ended in 1942. . .[more] and [more]