School reform breaks 'segregation'

Washington Times ^ | 1/08/04 | George Archibald

[kattracks]

Education Secretary Rod Paige yesterday likened opponents of the Bush administration school reforms to racial segregationists of an earlier era who "bred racism" by confining blacks to separate, inferior schools.

"Racism cannot end as long as there is an achievement gap" between white and minority students, who in some cities, such as the District, are up to 70 points apart on standardized reading and mathematics tests, the secretary said.

[Iris7]

"No Child Left Behind", I am told by my spies buried in the Belly of the Beast, means mostly that no student can flunk a grade, but must be passed on. Otherwise minorities would not be "keeping up", vehrstehen Sie?

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[trebb]

"No Child Left Behind", I am told by my spies buried in the Belly of the Beast, means mostly that no student can flunk a grade, but must be passed on. Otherwise minorities would not be "keeping up", vehrstehen Sie?

That may be how those "in the Belly of the Beast" interpret it, but that's how they've been interpreting it for decades. What they really fear (and what will entice them to try to covertly continue as before) is having to actually teach kids something. Too many left-wing agendas get in the way and belie the "It's for the children" lie that they use as a doctrinal foundation. Capische?

[Iris7]

Sorry to be so late, been thinking.

Seems to me that the "public school" types simply lack the mental horsepower to do any of that "actually teach kids something" business. A more unselfconscious, as well as unintelligent, bunch for all there feelings of superiority, I have never met.

[Iris7]

Dang, "their" for "there".

Hubris. Hoist by mine own petard!!

[Fledermaus]

I disagree. It's already showing what schools aren't keeping up through simple testing and no one is being moved on.

That's the status today before this bill.

Now they have to get better or be forced to close. Already in TENN we have the schools that aren't performing being forced to get with it and do what is necessary and they are.

It's not perfect (I'd prefer more vouchers) but it's working so far to at least designate those schools that aren't doing their job.

I'm sure in more liberal states, what you said might be more true. But it won't help when they can't pass the test that aren't controlled by the schools.

I don't know what is so controversial about this. This is how the schools worked when I was a kid.