Minorities are being cheated out of a quality education and essentially getting persecuted in public schools around the United States, according to a new report published by the Obama Department of Education (DOE).
It marks the latest of several government probes aimed at illustrating perpetual discrimination against minorities in various sectors. The Obama Administration has also released findings of prejudice against minorities in farming, voting, the judicial system, employment and even nutrition. In fact, Michelle Obama’s $4.5 billion nutrition law focuses solely on poor, inner-city residents and “at-risk” children. That’s code for low-income minorities.
Why should education be left out of the president’s discrimination bandwagon? This week the DOE reveals that minority students across America face harsher discipline, have less access to rigorous high school curricula and are more often taught by lower-paid and less experienced teachers. The agency concludes this after conducting a national survey of more than 72,000 schools serving 85% of the nation’s students.
Among the key findings are that African-American students, particularly males, are far more likely to be suspended or expelled from school than their peers and that students learning English are more likely to be retained. Also, only 29% of “high-minority high schools” offer advanced math such as calculus, compared to 55% of schools with the “lowest black and Hispanic enrollment.” Presumably those are campuses with large white populations.
"Minorities are being cheated out of a quality education and essentially getting persecuted in public schools around the United States"
ReplyDeleteI strongly disagree with this statement! Minorities are given the same if not MORE opportunities that others. The group that is at risk is the white middle class male student. Ask any teacher and they will tell you the same. The system does not care about middle class kids, they are so hyper focused on a group that middle class has to fend for themselves in schools. It is pathetic!
really 7:08? 'Minorities are given the same if not MORE"
ReplyDeleteDo you have some data to back that up or just hot air. This report highlights the major area where minority, and often times poor students of all stripes, have less opportunities to build a strong foundation for success. Throw on top of that the fact that many of these kids walk through drug infested streets with the threat of violence every step of the way to attend a crappy school then come home to another host of problems. In alot of instances you can blame parents, but that still doesn't do much for the kid.
749 are you serious?
ReplyDeleteHave you stepped into a public school lately?
Pre-K3 and Pre-K4, Head start, STARS, free lunches, free in house tutoring, separate English classes (ell),free dental... the list goes on. With the exception of the dental, try getting a middle class white child into any of these programs, or if you don't believe me go and see for yourself.
IF the county passes the CAP, they will likely get free clothes as well.
Further more, this is a study about schools, not ones home life. Every child comes from somewhere but when they walk through the doors of a public school, the expectation and level of commitment should be the same for everyone. It is up the child what he or she does with it after that.
Stupid is as stupid does.
ReplyDeleteYou cannot polish a turd,
no matter how much money you spend on
pledge.