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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK so who's electing these people? [/quote]

I understand your point. All I ever heard was PG needs to become more diverse..translation less black so the school system can improve, but looking at those links that's totally B.S. The racial demographics aren't the problem, when it comes to crime or schools.[/quote]

Different pp.  My understanding about this sentiment is two-fold:

1. other ethnic groups are better at standardized tests, so if the schools are more diverse scores will go up- instant school improvement!
2. black people are less likely to vote out crappy black elected officials because they do not want to take a successful black person down[/quote]

umm so why are those 70 plus percent black schools in other counties out performing all our OURS..even ones with a significant "other" population like Bowie HS & Roosevelt? This myth was the whole point of my post and people are still falling for it. Being a majority black county is NOT the reason for the low test scores especially in HS, Charles & Baltimore County prove that. We dont have one school that matches their majority black HS test scores[/quote]

PP you are responding too- I agree, it's a cheap cop out.  But are the schools you are comparing Bowie and Roosevelt also similar socio-economically? [b] I also get the sense that the high-achieving students in PG county are pulled out of the public schools and put in private well before high school.  [/quote][/b]

Hmmm I wonder what the percentage is. I always assumed Moco and a much higher public to private school rate. Maybe thats an issue as well and that Charles & Baltimore county black population for the most part keep their kids in their neighborhood school. Bowie & Roosevelt are still in demographics racially and income similar to other school districts HS that are surpassing them in test scores. Once again Roosevelt is a Science & Tech school but can't test higher then a regular Baltimore County school (New Town High School) thats over 92 percent black[/quote]

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