Posted on 12/02/2014 3:42:58 AM PST by Neidermeyer
Paterson, New Jersey (My9NJ) -
In Paterson, New Jersey only 19 kids who took the SAT's are considered college ready. This means that they scored at least a 1500 out of 2400 on the standardized test, and this number is truly shocking considering how large the school district is.
Paterson resident Jason Williams is one of the lucky ones. He just graduated high school last year and has been enrolled in college since September, after taking the SAT's three times determined to score over 1500. He says that the key to his success was not falling victim to the streets.
Just last summer, my friend and teammate, he was shot and killed that summer and that really affected me, he said.
Derrick Fritts was shot during National Night Out on the streets of Paterson and wasn't found until the next day. Williams said most of the football players stopped paying attention to school after that, but that's when he buckled down.
Rosie Grant, the Executive Director of the Paterson Education Fund, said that the cards are stacked against the students in Paterson.
These kids who are now seniors have gone through seven superintendents in their tenor at Paterson public schools and with every administration change, there's a reworking of what the schools are supposed to be doing, she said.
However, the Paterson school district said that they no longer use SAT scores to gauge students' success.
I was also taught that the following phrase, lacks a preposition:
“He just graduated high school last year”.
It’s very common nowadays though.
after graduation, he went to hospital
It cost money (I think its $52) to take the test. Although there may be waivers involved, you have to be smart enough to fill out the paper work (assumes one can read).
Much like other cities, the public demands that the people that run the show (see also police departments) be racially in line with them. How has that worked out for Camden, Newark, Detroit, and other hell holes across the country?
I missed the number of how many kids took the test. 19 out of how many?
Really????
Too bad collages and universities do.
Want a chance for you kid in this district or most inner cities???? Home school!
This article is so screwed up I had to check the author to see if it was an AA hire. Nope, just stupid, and from the photo...it’s evident that most likely the carpet matches the drapes!
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/23046865/tamara-laine
I also noticed the word “lucky.” Doing well on the SAT is not about “luck.”
Good point.
But liberals will say it is "underfunded."
see 28
That's right, and it has been one since 1985!
Surely, we can't expect results since only about 30 years have passed.
And that is with higher spending per pupil than the rest of NJ school districts by about 20%, in a state with ridiculously high per pupil spending on education.
For those not from NJ and don't know what an Abbott District is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_district
Brits wouldn't have a problem with that. It' a linguistic difference that I've always found to be odd. They wouldn't say "He went to police station", or "He went to fire station". Perhaps they consider it more similar to the phrase "he went to school".
There are five things in common with all of the hell holes:
1.) They are run by Democrats,
2.) Have illiterates running the schools,
3.) Have high crime,
4.) Have large debts and,
5.) Are at or near bankruptcy.
The worst part of this is that taxpayers outside of the hell holes foot a majority of the bill either through state or federal taxes. Personally, I don't want to give them one red cent for their schools, housing, food stamps, Obama phones, day care, or any other program they are dependent upon. Hopefully one day we can force them to go cold turkey and they will learn how to be self reliant.
By an amazing coincidence, there were a total of 19 white students who took the test.
I went to the Eastside High School’s (in Paterson)web site. Their Vision is to be the statewide leader in urban education. Sadly, they just might be.
This is America’s future.
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