[skr]

Incredibly insulting!!!

[montag813]

If I were a Black parent I would be pretty pissed off that my child is worth 14% less than a white child.

[TigersEye]

“To expect less from one demographic and more from another is just a little off-base,” Juan Lopez, magnet coordinator at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Riviera Beach, told the Palm Beach Post.

That's called Affirmative Action, Juan. I take it you don't approve of that!?! Good I don't either. Now let's talk about college admissions policies and government hiring practices.

[9YearLurker]

Insulting—and an indicator of the problems with having group-based goals like this at all.

[Paladin2]

John,

You need to be putting out two articles a day now.

It's unbelievable that the pace has increased to this level.

[BobL]

Actually this make more sense than No Child Left Behind, which had 100% as its target.

Yep, I can try to get my kids to run 2 hour marathons, that can be my goal - but it ain’t ever going to happen while I’m on this Earth.

[3Fingas]

I thought this was another one of those satire posts to catch people not actually reading the article. You know what I mean, “The Onion” or from “Associate Posers”. No, this appears to be a real proposal. This is a clear case of the “Bigotry of Low Expectations”.

[DemforBush]

Very mixed feelings here.

It is, of course, offensive to set public expectations for one racial group lower than another. The ultimate goal ought to be 100% for every student no matter *who* they are.

At the same time, it is also probably unrealistic - in the short term - to expect groups that aren't performing well as a whole to catch up with groups that have been performing well. If the disparity between white and black student groups in Florida really is that great (69% reaching a level of satisfactory achievement versus only 38%), it's going to take long-term efforts. Meaning the numbers for success in the short-term might not be the same for every group.

Nor would I say that the lower number automatically means, again in the short-term, less concern or effort for minority students. The bench mark goal for black students is to basically double the percentage (from 38 to 74) of students who meet adequate academic standards. The group currently struggling the most is targeted for the most efforts in improvement. Again, though, the ultimate goal should be 100% success for all students, be they black, white, or Martian.

[nathanbedford]

About a decade ago a seminal book was published, The Bell Curve, which was pilloried by the left for racism and faulty scholarship.

We now see in this regulation the institutionalization of The Bell Curve.

But, as usual, government gets it wrong as it converts sociological data into identity politics.

[entropy12]

Why are Asians at the top of the heap always?

[Daffynition]

WWEWD? What will Elizabeth Warren do?

[MacMattico]

Take moronic NY state. As far back as I know, (early 1900’s) they offered a Regents diploma, non-regents diploma, and local diploma. But no! This wasn't good enough, all kids must earn a Regents diploma! So they made all students go for a Regents diploma, dumbing down the entire regents program and making the passing grade 55% for a number of years. But no! Some one didn't like this so some schools began offering Honors classes, Regents classes, and a diploma for those considered in Special Ed. Back to the three tier system after wasting millions of dollars to create their Regents for all! Take Math. It used to be Algebra-Geometry-Trig-PreCalculus-Calculus. But no! So they changed it to Math I, Math II, Math III, Pre-Calc, Calc. But no! A few years later Math A, Math B, Trig, etc And now— you guessed it— the math sequence is now Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II & Trig, etc . 22 years, BILLIONS of dollars, “extra” teacher training (and pay), the most spent per pupil nationwide and my mother that graduated in the 1950’s, brother in the 1970's, me in the late 80’s and daughter in HS today ALL have the same skills in Algebra and other maths. We all even attended the same school!

I could go on and on and on....

[Bon mots]

The problem for the Black American Feral Male is that no crackas give them nuthin’...

Watch this video and cry.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f66_1349470513

[fella]

Jerry Clower had this problem figured out years ago.

[big bad easter bunny]

Florida says minorities are genetically stupid!

[SeminoleCounty]

Embarrassing, as this is a GOP dominated state...especially in state government

But, should not be surprised. We have a La Raza/Amnesty GOP US Senator everyone thinks is “conservative”...we have a GOP Governor and Attorney General helping the Black KKK to lynch an innocent man from my county...now we have education standards that are tougher for Whites and Asians because “Hispanics and Blacks are not as smart”

The only things that saves the GOP in this state is that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and the “Village People Cowboy Lady” US house member from Miami are both Dems