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Obama administration: more civil rights enforcement in schools
Christian Science Monitor ^ | 3/8/2010 | Amanda Paulson

Posted on 03/10/2010 7:09:59 AM PST by Altura Ct.

The Obama administration intends to step up enforcement of civil rights laws that apply to schools. Education Secretary Arne Duncan made the announcement in a speech in Selma, Ala., timed to commemorate the 45th anniversary of civil rights marches there.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan signaled Monday the Obama administration’s intention to step up enforcement of civil rights laws that apply to schools and colleges, many of which are often ignored.

In remarks delivered in Selma, Ala, timed to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the marches in which civil rights protesters were brutally attacked by police, Secretary Duncan said, “The truth is that, in the last decade, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has not been as vigilant as it should have been in combating gender and racial discrimination and protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities. But that is about to change.... We are going to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement.”

In particular, Duncan discussed the Education Department’s plan to issue guidance letters to schools across the United States, as well as its intention to conduct numerous compliance reviews around issues like discipline and equal access to educational opportunities.

He highlighted certain indicators that point to inequities existing today:

• Upon finishing high school, white students are about six times more likely to be college-ready in biology than African-American students. In algebra, they’re four-plus times more likely.

• Just 12 percent of high schools produce half the dropouts in America. Three-fourths of African-American and Latino come from those schools.

• African-American students without disabilities are more than three times as likely to be expelled as their white peers.

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: arth; bho44; bhofascism; democrats; education; multicultalism; obama; publiceducation; publicschools; race
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1 posted on 03/10/2010 7:09:59 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

One way enforcement, of course.

The civil rights of white heterosexuals is not protected.


2 posted on 03/10/2010 7:11:00 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; Aggie Mama; agrace; AliVeritas; AlmaKing; AngieGal; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the “other” articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

3 posted on 03/10/2010 7:11:22 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Instead of worrying about “civil rights,” how about focusing instead on actually educating the children...teaching them the practical skills they need, such as basic math, reading, writing, history, geography, science? These days, public school education is about indoctrination, not education.


4 posted on 03/10/2010 7:12:38 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: MrB

Thank Juan McCain and McCain-Feingold “law” for the 2006/2008 Dem Congress and 2008 Obama election.


5 posted on 03/10/2010 7:12:46 AM PST by Frantzie (TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
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To: Altura Ct.

IOW, more politically correct prejudice.


6 posted on 03/10/2010 7:12:57 AM PST by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
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To: Altura Ct.
Note to Obambi: Nothing is going to change for 97% of African-American students unless their parents are active participants in their educations.

Several family members are teachers. According to them only 1 in 10 parents are engaged in helping their kids with school work.

7 posted on 03/10/2010 7:16:42 AM PST by xtinct (The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
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To: fatnotlazy

Education takes many forms as you suggest. Then beyond that are moral lessons as an example....
1 Peter 3:8. Is Compassion Disappearing?
The next thread.


8 posted on 03/10/2010 7:18:53 AM PST by himno hero
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To: Altura Ct.

‘civil rights protesters were brutally attacked by police’

I knew of a few of these protesters who were brutally attacked while living in Montgomery in the early 80’s.

Their FIRST HAND recollections:

1) They got beat while MLK was in a hotel with hookers.
2) MLK ONLY walked/protested when camera’s were around.
3) Not ALL the cops were brutal, many cops tried to move the protesters through the area to protect them from the corrupt elements.
4) Many whites were sympathetic to the protesters cause and did what they could do(covertly) to assist them.
5) The protesters bitterness was focused on the brutal cops and the various leaders of the Civil Rights Movement who took credit while the protesters were doing the dirty work.


9 posted on 03/10/2010 7:19:04 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: metmom

Of course white male Christians had better home school.


10 posted on 03/10/2010 7:20:49 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: xtinct
Additionally Obambi... bright African-American children along with other children are being subjected to the discipline problems ... under no child left behind rubbish...

5, 10-year old African-American and very bright girls were constantly interupted by discipline problems last year

So, another place to start with your latest reform is to separate the bright kids from the discipline problems

11 posted on 03/10/2010 7:21:23 AM PST by xtinct (The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
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To: Altura Ct.

“He highlighted certain indicators that point to inequities existing today:

• Upon finishing high school, white students are about six times more likely to be college-ready in biology than African-American students. In algebra, they’re four-plus times more likely.

• Just 12 percent of high schools produce half the dropouts in America. Three-fourths of African-American and Latino come from those schools.”

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A steaming pile of horse dooey. These so-called indicators have nothing to do with prejudice or favoritism of one race over another. The children don’t learn because they don’t want to. And they don’t want to because their parents, teachers and administrators don’t care. For example, if your parents don’t read to you as a child, you are going to be less likely to read yourself. Many successful individuals of various ethnic and economic backgrounds became successful because they were encouraged to get an education. Race has nothing to do with it.


12 posted on 03/10/2010 7:24:59 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Altura Ct.

Obama, like Sharpie Sharpton, Calypso Louie Farrakhan and the “REVEREND” Jackson, is a racialist - an individual who seeks power through the manipulation of imagined racial insults and stereotypes.


13 posted on 03/10/2010 7:25:10 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, Guts and Guns made America great.)
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To: xtinct

I remember an Oprah Show where it was suggested that you close the achievement gap by stopping to teach White students.


14 posted on 03/10/2010 7:27:14 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: fatnotlazy
Just read in "5000 year leap" about the founders' value of public education,

but it was only required through grammar school, and only about reading (especially the Bible), writing, ciphering, history, and the US Constitution.

Interesting reference, a Constitutional Catechism.

15 posted on 03/10/2010 7:28:41 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: metmom

Hey mom, I wondered if the homeschool list would be interested in a link to the Constitutional Catechism written in 1839:

http://www.lexrex.com/catalog/catechism/catech.htm


16 posted on 03/10/2010 7:30:00 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Altura Ct.

There is no reason whatsoever for there to be a federal department of education. This is a declaration of war against decency and morality. The pervs are running the show and are going to poison the mind of the next generation unless the public stops them.


17 posted on 03/10/2010 7:32:40 AM PST by Grim (I'm voting for Sarah)
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To: metmom

Just one more - this one has free pdfs, etc:

http://www.archive.org/details/elementarycatech00stanrich


18 posted on 03/10/2010 7:34:13 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Altura Ct.
Sounds like a great idea to me. My white, Christian children had no civil rights in public schools, as far as I could tell. We finally gave up on public schools and turned to private and Catholic schools. Good choice. The kids later earned Masters and Ph.D. Degrees from major universities, and mom and dad kept their sanity.

Somebody’s got to take education back from the unions and progressives before that “Ministry of Propaganda” fatally damages our nation.

19 posted on 03/10/2010 7:42:51 AM PST by July4 (Remember the price paid for your freedom.)
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To: massgopguy

Wouldn’t work, because too many of the parents of those students would make sure they learned anyway. A lot of kids’ success in school depends on their parents after-schooling them to fix the gaping holes in their education. You’ll read about it on FR threads all the time. Those parents would, if the government stopped providing the free education, see that their kids learned anyway and the achievement gap would still exist.


20 posted on 03/10/2010 7:47:52 AM PST by JenB
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