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A very insightful post was logged in here which referenced a GAO Report to Congressional Requestors. You guys should skim it. http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/676745.pdf
Here is the TL;DR...
It said, in part,..."Students in H/PBH schools were held back in 9th grade, suspended (out- of-school), and expelled at disproportionately higher rates than students in L/PBH schools and all other schools. " Hmmmm...wonder why that is? Three possible reasons.
First, its all an innocent mistake. Most likely, not.
Second, it is due to the unrelenting racism of ALL white people and even black educators, administrators and Law Enforcement officials who have been co-opted by the White Gobermint. That is the Elijah Mohamend school of thought...also not likely given that majority of beaten, wounded and traumatized DC school teachers and students are ALSO of color.
Third possiblity...the "disproportionate" rate of expulsions, suspensions and failing grades are given to those who actually earned them. ( BTW, "L/PBH" schools have far fewer BH students.) If this seems to be automatically racist, have a look at the FBI Crime Statistics. First of all we need to bear in mind that AA's comprise roughly 15% of the U.S. population...that will be relevant shortly.
In its 2014 report of Federal Robberies, Burglaries and Larcenies, 3961 such crimes were committed. Now for the hard to hear part...2030 of those crimes were NOT committed by Whites or Hispanics. I reworded that conclusion in recognition of the Social Justice Warriors who may be reading...and their finely tuned, delicate sensibilities. Thats a perpetration rate of 42.5% vs a population representation of 15%. Not to put too fine a point on it...
And that may be the good news...in the more complete 2012 report, the FBI statistics record that out of all serious crimes committed, AAs are VASTLY overrepresented...or, to put that in another way, they are "disproportionately represented".
In the more complete 2012 FBI data (Table 43A) it is even more disturbing. However, it does go even further towards making sense of the "disproportionate" rates of punishment. Of the 30 major crimes listed in the table (murder, robbery, assault, violent arson, weapons, prostitution, etc), AA's commit Much more than 15% of those crimes in 27 out of 30 categories. Sometimes by as much as FOUR TIMES their share of the population. For example, is descending order of revulsion...
Gambling (Org Crime) 67.4%...Robbery 54.9%...Murder 49.4%...Prostitution 42%...Illegal Weapons Possession 40%...Violent Arson (wherein someone is badly injured) 39%...Aggravated Assault 34%....Forcible Rape 31%. BTW, in only two categories are AA not "disproportionately" arrested...alcohol related.
So, I agree with that OP...this situation (in schools, not in society at large) will only get worse UNLESS the foolish holy grail of blindly chasing desegregation is at least altered to allow at least temporary "resegregation" of (and allocation of necessary resources for) low performers into classes designed specifically for their remedial education. The question of remedial education for survivable (ours, not theirs) social values is a much larger problem.
A 10th grade Math teacher recently remarked on another forum that her students (H/PBH) number about 28 -30 per class and,when they actually attend (which is rare), they are only able to perform on a fifth grade level. Obviously, that level of deficit is WAY beyond the ability on a "mainstream" teacher to rectify.
Here is the TL;DR...
It said, in part,..."Students in H/PBH schools were held back in 9th grade, suspended (out- of-school), and expelled at disproportionately higher rates than students in L/PBH schools and all other schools. " Hmmmm...wonder why that is? Three possible reasons.
First, its all an innocent mistake. Most likely, not.
Second, it is due to the unrelenting racism of ALL white people and even black educators, administrators and Law Enforcement officials who have been co-opted by the White Gobermint. That is the Elijah Mohamend school of thought...also not likely given that majority of beaten, wounded and traumatized DC school teachers and students are ALSO of color.
Third possiblity...the "disproportionate" rate of expulsions, suspensions and failing grades are given to those who actually earned them. ( BTW, "L/PBH" schools have far fewer BH students.) If this seems to be automatically racist, have a look at the FBI Crime Statistics. First of all we need to bear in mind that AA's comprise roughly 15% of the U.S. population...that will be relevant shortly.
In its 2014 report of Federal Robberies, Burglaries and Larcenies, 3961 such crimes were committed. Now for the hard to hear part...2030 of those crimes were NOT committed by Whites or Hispanics. I reworded that conclusion in recognition of the Social Justice Warriors who may be reading...and their finely tuned, delicate sensibilities. Thats a perpetration rate of 42.5% vs a population representation of 15%. Not to put too fine a point on it...
And that may be the good news...in the more complete 2012 report, the FBI statistics record that out of all serious crimes committed, AAs are VASTLY overrepresented...or, to put that in another way, they are "disproportionately represented".
In the more complete 2012 FBI data (Table 43A) it is even more disturbing. However, it does go even further towards making sense of the "disproportionate" rates of punishment. Of the 30 major crimes listed in the table (murder, robbery, assault, violent arson, weapons, prostitution, etc), AA's commit Much more than 15% of those crimes in 27 out of 30 categories. Sometimes by as much as FOUR TIMES their share of the population. For example, is descending order of revulsion...
Gambling (Org Crime) 67.4%...Robbery 54.9%...Murder 49.4%...Prostitution 42%...Illegal Weapons Possession 40%...Violent Arson (wherein someone is badly injured) 39%...Aggravated Assault 34%....Forcible Rape 31%. BTW, in only two categories are AA not "disproportionately" arrested...alcohol related.
So, I agree with that OP...this situation (in schools, not in society at large) will only get worse UNLESS the foolish holy grail of blindly chasing desegregation is at least altered to allow at least temporary "resegregation" of (and allocation of necessary resources for) low performers into classes designed specifically for their remedial education. The question of remedial education for survivable (ours, not theirs) social values is a much larger problem.
A 10th grade Math teacher recently remarked on another forum that her students (H/PBH) number about 28 -30 per class and,when they actually attend (which is rare), they are only able to perform on a fifth grade level. Obviously, that level of deficit is WAY beyond the ability on a "mainstream" teacher to rectify.
Assuming people want to hear the opinion of a recently departed DC teacher, the following link (to a DCUM blog post), explains why the "limo liberals" (and teachers!) leave DC public schools.
SPOILER ALERT (TL;DR): They are terrified over the ferocity of daily student violence in the schools and the indifference of the parents. Here is are excerpts from the teachers explanation of why she quit. Parenthetical remarks, and CAPS, are my own.
"I AM NOT LEAVING BECAUSE ITS "TOUGH AS HELL". THIS PLACE IS HELL." (Is that clear enough for the apologists for violence in schools?)
"My (performance) evaluation is based on their test scores, but 90% (yes, NINETY PERCENT) are FIVE or SIX years below grade level. They're working on basic subtraction in 10th grade Math...you can't put 28 of them in one class and expect any actual learning to occur. I have 34 in some classes..."
"I am leaving because in the first week one teach had his arm dislocated by a student while another suffered a broken hand. They threatened to RAPE a female teacher after work. One of my students war arrested IN MY CLASSROOM for fighting another student for "looking at him".
"The same day, another student was beaten unconscious in the classroom next door. Students intentionally threw laptops from the laptop cart to the ground, shattering them, because "they didn't feel like reading". (Not enough resources, right?) All of these students are still enrolled...after a two day suspension, they returned with new shoes, new hairdos, and new lore among their peers."
They sit in their classes on their cell phones, they gamble, throw chairs, flipper tables in what our administration writes off as "attention seeking behavior" and, all throughout, this someone comes in to informally (?) observe and tell us how shitty of a job we are doing."
"I call parents everyday...FEW apologize...majority say something like "thats your problem" or "Ive washed my hands of my child" or "don't call me again".
(So if a survival instinct is something you possess, wouldn't you take your "limo" and remove YOUR child AND yourself? dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/502513.page)
SPOILER ALERT (TL;DR): They are terrified over the ferocity of daily student violence in the schools and the indifference of the parents. Here is are excerpts from the teachers explanation of why she quit. Parenthetical remarks, and CAPS, are my own.
"I AM NOT LEAVING BECAUSE ITS "TOUGH AS HELL". THIS PLACE IS HELL." (Is that clear enough for the apologists for violence in schools?)
"My (performance) evaluation is based on their test scores, but 90% (yes, NINETY PERCENT) are FIVE or SIX years below grade level. They're working on basic subtraction in 10th grade Math...you can't put 28 of them in one class and expect any actual learning to occur. I have 34 in some classes..."
"I am leaving because in the first week one teach had his arm dislocated by a student while another suffered a broken hand. They threatened to RAPE a female teacher after work. One of my students war arrested IN MY CLASSROOM for fighting another student for "looking at him".
"The same day, another student was beaten unconscious in the classroom next door. Students intentionally threw laptops from the laptop cart to the ground, shattering them, because "they didn't feel like reading". (Not enough resources, right?) All of these students are still enrolled...after a two day suspension, they returned with new shoes, new hairdos, and new lore among their peers."
They sit in their classes on their cell phones, they gamble, throw chairs, flipper tables in what our administration writes off as "attention seeking behavior" and, all throughout, this someone comes in to informally (?) observe and tell us how shitty of a job we are doing."
"I call parents everyday...FEW apologize...majority say something like "thats your problem" or "Ive washed my hands of my child" or "don't call me again".
(So if a survival instinct is something you possess, wouldn't you take your "limo" and remove YOUR child AND yourself? dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/502513.page)