Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
The article states that black students were doing far more poorly on academic tests than caucasian etc. students.
If that's true, how likely is it that it stems in part from the fact that more than 50% of all black children in the country are living in single-parent households, while 21% of caucasian children are?
(See http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/ch3.xls and http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/ch2.xls )
And how much is due to the constant din of "You are held down because of Whitey's racism and oppression" these kids get 24/7, with a near-complete absence of facts or backup, that tells them to not bother to try to succeed? Or tells them that if they try, they are merely "acting white" and are somehow betraying their race?
BTW, I wonder how the test results came out for, say, students of Asian descent vs. caucasian? If it turns out that caucasians were doing worse on these same tests than Asians (frequently the case), what happened to the school's experiment to separate the caucasians from the Asians? Why did they try it with blacks but not with Asians?
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-black-students-boost-academic-results.html
School defends experiment to separate black students in a bid to boost their academic results
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:03 PM on 27th January 2011
Defending the move: Principal Bill Jimenez says test results demanded a different approach with students
A high school has defended its decision to segregate students by race and gender.
The scheme, at McCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, separates black students from the rest of the school pupils, and then further breaks it down into black females and black males.
The separation is only for a short period - six minutes each day and 20 minutes twice a month - but it has drawn criticism for raising the spectre of racial segregation.
Today the school's principal defended the policy.
Bill Jimenez said the school noticed that black students were not performing as well as other students, and that research had shown that same-race classes with strong same-race role models led to better academic results.
Mr Jimenez admitted that no other students were divided by race at the school, but he added that academic data dictated the school take a different approach with its black students.
He told Lancasteronline.com: 'One of the things we said when we did this was, "Let's look at the data, let's not run from it. Let's confront it and see what we can do about it".'
The idea came from Angela Tilghman, an instructional coach at McCaskey East.
She said statistics had shown about a third of McCaskey's African-Americans scored proficient or advanced in reading on last year's Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, compared with 60 per cent of white students and 42 per cent of students overall.
In mathematics, only 27 per cent of black students scored proficient or advanced.
If that's true, how likely is it that it stems in part from the fact that more than 50% of all black children in the country are living in single-parent households, while 21% of caucasian children are?
(See http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/ch3.xls and http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/ch2.xls )
And how much is due to the constant din of "You are held down because of Whitey's racism and oppression" these kids get 24/7, with a near-complete absence of facts or backup, that tells them to not bother to try to succeed? Or tells them that if they try, they are merely "acting white" and are somehow betraying their race?
BTW, I wonder how the test results came out for, say, students of Asian descent vs. caucasian? If it turns out that caucasians were doing worse on these same tests than Asians (frequently the case), what happened to the school's experiment to separate the caucasians from the Asians? Why did they try it with blacks but not with Asians?
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-black-students-boost-academic-results.html
School defends experiment to separate black students in a bid to boost their academic results
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:03 PM on 27th January 2011
Defending the move: Principal Bill Jimenez says test results demanded a different approach with students
A high school has defended its decision to segregate students by race and gender.
The scheme, at McCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, separates black students from the rest of the school pupils, and then further breaks it down into black females and black males.
The separation is only for a short period - six minutes each day and 20 minutes twice a month - but it has drawn criticism for raising the spectre of racial segregation.
Today the school's principal defended the policy.
Bill Jimenez said the school noticed that black students were not performing as well as other students, and that research had shown that same-race classes with strong same-race role models led to better academic results.
Mr Jimenez admitted that no other students were divided by race at the school, but he added that academic data dictated the school take a different approach with its black students.
He told Lancasteronline.com: 'One of the things we said when we did this was, "Let's look at the data, let's not run from it. Let's confront it and see what we can do about it".'
The idea came from Angela Tilghman, an instructional coach at McCaskey East.
She said statistics had shown about a third of McCaskey's African-Americans scored proficient or advanced in reading on last year's Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, compared with 60 per cent of white students and 42 per cent of students overall.
In mathematics, only 27 per cent of black students scored proficient or advanced.
