硅谷家长因孩子成绩与评语起诉学校：《华尔街日报》披露帕洛阿尔托两起诉讼
《华尔街日报》11月10日报道，美国加州硅谷的帕洛阿尔托联合学区近来接连被家长告上法庭，争的不是体罚或招生，而是孩子的成绩与成绩单评语。报道以两起诉讼为例，呈现家长对学校评价的挑战正在走进法院。
第一起诉讼的家长 Weiwei Luo 的孩子就读 Walter Hays 小学三年级。导火索是2025年10月课间追逐游戏中的一次冲突，教师 Holly Harrison 在成绩单上写下评语，称孩子「正在学习受挫时如何回应同伴」「需继续练习尊重与合作」。Luo 认为评语不准确、没有依据，2026年6月依学生记录法正式提出挑战，学区只修改了一处；8月18日，校董会以4比0驳回其申诉。Luo 已于10月向 Santa Clara 县法院起诉，要求删除或更正评语或重新举行听证，并索取律师费，理由包括其律师在视频听证时被断线、听证不公。
第二起诉讼的家长 Takashi Kato 是一家超级智能初创公司的创始人兼首席执行官，其子是帕洛阿尔托高中十年级学生。他儿子的一篇《十字军之王》作文被教师 Sarah Bartlett 用 Turnitin 检测出76%的超级智能生成嫌疑，重写后得D、期末成绩降为C。Kato 向学区提交了1,162页材料证明写作过程，称检测软件对非母语写作者有偏见，愿意以B和解但被拒绝。他2026年5月在联邦法院起诉学区，主张对多语言亚裔男生的歧视与正当程序缺失，9月2日自愿撤诉；学区称没有和解、没有改分、没有政策变更，学生已经转学。
报道指出，家长向教师施压改分并不罕见：《教育周刊》2024年对1,500名教师的调查显示，4成教师曾受家长施压要求改分。帕洛阿尔托联合学区发言人为 Lynette White，学监为 Jason Glass。
Silicon Valley Parents Are Suing Schools Over Grades and Report-Card Comments, WSJ Reports
The Wall Street Journal reported on November 10 that the Palo Alto Unified School District in California's Silicon Valley has repeatedly been taken to court by parents, not over discipline or admissions, but over their children's grades and report-card comments. The report used two lawsuits to show how challenges to school evaluations are moving into the courts.
In the first case, parent Weiwei Luo's child is a third grader at Walter Hays Elementary School. After a playground tag dispute in October 2025, teacher Holly Harrison wrote report-card comments saying the child was learning how to respond to peers when frustrated and needed to keep practicing respect and cooperation. Luo called the comments inaccurate and unsubstantiated, formally challenged them under student-records law in June 2026, and the district changed only one item; on August 18 the school board rejected the appeal 4-0. Luo sued in Santa Clara County court in October, seeking deletion or correction of the comments or a new hearing, plus legal fees, arguing in part that a video hearing was unfair after her lawyer was disconnected.
In the second case, Takashi Kato, founder and CEO of a super-intelligence startup, is the father of a Palo Alto High School tenth grader. His son's essay on The Crucible was flagged by teacher Sarah Bartlett through Turnitin as 76% AI-generated; a rewrite earned a D and the final grade fell to a C. Kato submitted 1,162 pages of material documenting the writing process, argued the detection software is biased against non-native writers, and offered to settle for a B, which was refused. He sued the district in federal court in May 2026, alleging discrimination against multilingual Asian boys and a lack of due process, then voluntarily dismissed the suit on September 2. The district said there was no settlement, no grade change and no policy change, and the student has transferred.
The Journal noted that parental pressure over grades is common: a 2024 Education Week survey of 1,500 teachers found 40% had been pressured by parents to change a grade. The district's spokesperson is Lynette White and its superintendent is Jason Glass.
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图片来源：图：加州帕洛阿尔托高中（资料图）。图：Pedro Xing，CC0，经维基共享资源 / Palo Alto High School in California (file photo). Photo by Pedro Xing, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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