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NYC launches $1.6M plan to bring more black, Hispanic students into Advanced Placement courses
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^
| January 15, 2017
| BEN CHAPMAN & Lisa Colangelo
Posted on 01/16/2017 12:21:38 PM PST by EinNYC
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Ever hear the phrase "Throwing good money after bad"? I just posted an article about 6 black girls beating up a NYC subway rider. I pointed out in my comment that the vast majority of students I had acting out in my classroom were black students. The AP (Advanced Placement) classes are available to all NYC students, culminating in an exam. More than 14,000 white and Asian students passed their AP final exams vs. 7,000 black and Hispanic students. This totally demonstrates the point that I made in my previous post of today, that one sees black students acting out in far great numbers than white or Asian students. If they were paying attention to their studies, these numbers would be more equal. NYC classrooms are very under budgeted, and common classroom supplies are lacking much of the time. Teachers have to spend their own money to buy copy paper, pencils, pens, etc. or send out letters to parents asking them to sponsor stuff like that. But, mayor DeDumDum has $1.6 MILLION to try and equalize what natural winnowing out has dictated: the students who pay attention and work hard pass their AP exams, while the students who fool around and disrupt what classes they actually attend don't. Oh no, we can't accept that, he says, we have to spend lots of taxpayer money denying reality and artificially setting it up so that students who have no business taking up space in those classes do. How is that fair to the kids in other classes who don't have sufficient books or classroom supplies, so that he can cover for kids who don't merit being in AP classes, which are college-level?
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:21:38 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: EinNYC
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:22:32 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
To: EinNYC
You can’t address the Achievement Gap until you address the Ambition Gap.
All the money in the world won’t motivate someone who doesn’t want to be motivated.
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:24:07 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: EinNYC
It costs that much to water down the courses?
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:25:10 PM PST
by
oblomov
(We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
To: EinNYC
Obviously we need to lower the standard so that more of them pass. Problem solved./s
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:25:28 PM PST
by
madball
To: EinNYC
Their next project surely will be spending millions on trying to fit square pegs into round holes.
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:27:02 PM PST
by
LydiaLong
To: EinNYC
Drop the AP classes. It would be far better to have enrichment and tutoring opportunities for students who excel. AP is just an excuse to control the curriculum. For things like high-level science projects, achieve it through clubs. There’s no point in AP if it’s watered down for affirmative action considerations.
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:28:28 PM PST
by
grania
To: who knows what evil?
Advance Placement can be a death trap for students graduating from lousy public schools.
To: EinNYC
I have a better plan. End all remaining remnants of the great society, which splintered the minority nuclear family. Then time will fix the issue by the reemergence of the minority family.
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:30:46 PM PST
by
CriticalJ
(Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
To: EinNYC
It’s called “charter schools,” which Mayor Dum Dum has been trying to kill since day one.
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01/16/2017 12:32:07 PM PST
by
livius
To: stocksthatgoup
These IDIOTS do EVERYTHING except FIX the K-12 problem by opening charter schools, how in the HELL are these kids going to succeed in advanced courses when they BARELY made it through high school!!! ALWAYS THROWING money at the WRONG problems!!!
To: grania
My kid (HS junior) has dropped all of his AP classes and now doing duel enrollment at the local college. Scored a 30 on the ACT. He LOVES it and is thinking about graduating early.
To: EinNYC
We WILL prove that everyone is equal in every way - no matter what it takes......
To: EinNYC
It’s not about education but diversity, infiltration. And just what is Advanced Placement anyway? Some sort of feel good stuff?
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01/16/2017 12:39:44 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: EinNYC
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said the program will help shrink the achievement gap faced by black and Hispanic students, who enroll in AP classes and pass AP exams at lower rates than their white and Asian peers.
huh ? looks like the AP program is about to be destroyed.
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:40:06 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Hey obamas-it's Ray Charles time - "Hit the Road Jack"...you know the rest)
To: who knows what evil?
“City Education Department officials have launched a $1.6 million plan to bring more black and Hispanic students into Advanced Placement courses, the Daily News has learned.”
In a related story, white students who were frequently jumped and beaten by “disadvantaged” classmates were told to put some ice on that and “check your privilege”.
Black kids from failing, violent inner city schools and fatherless families perform poorly as they progress through the system. ‘Cause whitey.
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:44:51 PM PST
by
Rebelrage
("To crush your enemies -- See them driven, and to hear the lamentation of their women")
To: EinNYC
Why cant these blacks and hispanics make the grade with out millions of dollars of help that others dont get? And why would anyone want to hire them knowing they are dependent on being propped up to be on the same level as the rest of the field?
Beuller ??!
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:49:39 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(The minority demands NOTHING !)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:50:48 PM PST
by
Reily
To: EinNYC
Reminds me of the Kansas City experiment of the 80s. A federal judge took partial control over the Kansas City, Missouri, School District (KCMSD) on the grounds that it was an unconstitutionally segregated district with inferior facilities and the students were performing badly. The judge ordered the state and the district to spend billions of dollars over 12 years. The goal was to build new facilities , integrate the classrooms and bring up test scores. After 12 years the test scores for the blacks did not increase.
To: oblomov
Well, just like a rising tide raises all boats, a falling tide lowers all boats.
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posted on
01/16/2017 12:54:18 PM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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