A recent report by Chris Stewart has shed new light on some of the educational problems faced by black youth. The report is titled “The Secret Shame: How America’s Most Progressive Cities Betray Their Commitment to Educational Opportunity for All.”
Stewart is a self-described liberal and CEO of Brightbeam, a nonprofit network of education activists who want to hold progressive political leaders accountable.
The report asks, “So how do we explain outstandingly poor educational results for minority children in San Francisco—which also happens to be one of the wealthiest cities in the country?” “The Secret Shame” reports that progressive cities, on average, have black/white achievement gaps in math and reading that are 15 and 13 percentage points higher than in conservative cities.
For example, in San Francisco, 70% of white students are proficient in math; for black students it’s 12%—a 58-point gap. In Washington, D.C., 83% of white students scored proficient in reading compared to 23% of black students—a 60-point gap.
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ReplyDeleteAnd isn't this Pelosi territory? The same one who said we don't need God because we have the Democrats? So what have the Democrats done in these large cities they control? Just look and see. The truth revealed here.
ReplyDeleteNo surprise, but then you have people like Kirkland Hall trying to hold blacks down using fake racism
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DeleteTrenton, NJ High Schools had to create "safe" routes home for students that carry books, with law enforcement present, so thugs don't beat them up. Evidently, some people in the community frown on education and don't just call good students Uncle Toms anymore. - TRUE!
ReplyDeleteSo let's put 2 and 2 together for them, because most of them can't.
Include Salisbury on the progressive side of education. Heard direct from a teacher saying these kids just don't want to learn. Once again, trace this back to the root cause. No discipline at home. All they do is throw more money at the problem. Tax payers foot the bill.
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