Posted on 04/21/2006 10:17:47 AM PDT by george76
Of every 100 freshmen entering a Chicago public high school, only about six will earn a bachelor's degree by the time they're in their mid-20s...
The prospects are even worse for African-American and Latino male freshmen, who only have about a 3 percent chance of obtaining a bachelor's degree by the time they're 25.
The study, which tracked Chicago high school students who graduated in 1998 and 1999, also found that making it to college doesn't ensure success: Of the city public school students who went to a four-year college, only about 35 percent earned a bachelor's degree within six years, compared with 64 percent nationally.
Researchers say they're not exactly sure why Chicago schools alumni graduate from college in such low numbers, but that poor preparation during high school and too few resources at the college level contribute to the problem.
"When students here are unprepared for college or the world of work, they are condemned to social failure," ...
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Might look at the NEA and it's agenda.
Yeah...welcome to our public school system. But, I bet they can recite every rap song made over the last 5 years and cut up an ounce of coke in equal portions like a trained chemist.
The Chicago School Board will point to this as progress. LOL
Okay, it will only be a few days before the same folks who gave Chicagoans this mess, promise that they have a 'new plan'.
What's this, the 27th plan in as many years?
Headline in 2010. One freshman in Chicago high schools will go on to get a degree. Then the next plan...
The Democrats claim to be the party of education.../s
The Union does their job of protecting the union bosses but fails with educating the students.
Is their a worse school system than Chicago ?
It's not the schools its the kids. They care more about being cool than being smart.
That is why the NEA fights vouchers so damn hard, they thrive on failures.
oh-oh.
Government schools equal child abuse~~~
Ounces of coke are cut into 1/8ths. 8-balls. And you can guarantee that what you said about the accuracy is true, also they know to the cent how much profit they will make from it.
Just a little trivia from having bail-bonded for years.
Memphis, Tenn. is just as bad or worse.
I will fight vouchers as well, for a different reason. I do not want the typical public schooler to ruin the good private schools.
Chicago bites. Another perfect example of liberal utopia failure.
but at least Chicago is gun-free. (sarcasm)
Now that's comedy.
ROFL....
I'd like to know the gender breakdown on those six.
Refer to Democratic playbook, page one of one, first paragraph, where it says "throw more money at the problem". In the second paragraph it says, "do a survey and ask the people if they are willing to pay more taxes if it went for education?" Refer to footnote on same page where it says, "you don't have to spend one cent of the new taxes on education because the MSM will never ask".
I figured Saint Obama would have fixed this by now. /s
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