[ClearCase_guy]

Liberals tell us that racial integration is a necessary condition for black academic excellence.

I see a lot of racial integration. This has been going on for decades. Where's the excellence? Maybe someone should check their premises.

[DownInFlames]

It starts with the home. Black women having multiple unmarried biological fathers and no father at home is a societal scorn. This is nothing new and goes back to the Great Society created by LBJ. Throwing money ar the problem is not the solution.

[kosciusko51]

I wonder if there is a correlation to this article: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3846735/posts

[ConservativeInPA]

Charter schools offer a way out of the educational abyss, BUT they are not a panacea. Charter schools are susceptible to the same problems as traditional public schools. The problems that exist in public schools can easily transfer to charter schools, particularly if charter schools increase in popularity. These are the problems:

1.) Inner-city teachers. If you want students to command the American language, then you need teachers that have a command of the American language. The same is true with STEM. Listen to inner-city teachers and you will know what I mean. We have an uneducated class of people teaching uneducated classes.

2.) Teacher unions. Unions do not value individual achievement and protect underachievers. This drives the good teachers away and retains the failing teachers. Additionally, unions are a scheme to defraud tax payers of their money under the guise of what is best for children. We know the results of their work. It is evident in the product they produce.

3.) A culture of anti-intellectualism. Yes, that is a euphemism. It is pervasive in the majority of inner-city homes, and it applies to all facets of life. Education is not valued. Knowledge is not valued. Achievement outside sports and some so-called arts are not valued. Few examples of well educated people, such as engineers, scientists, doctors and businessmen, exist in these communities. Having a MA or PhD in fill-in-the-blank Studies does not count. And the number one problem is broken homes with an illiterate parent. This is the culture that exists.

All of these things can be transferred to charter schools, and they will if many students transfer from traditional government schools to charter schools. The last problem will exist regardless.

[CtBigPat]

Keep ‘em poor, keep ‘em needy, keep ‘em voting Democrat!

[RetiredScientist]

“Social promotions” and a culture of victimology has convinced parents and students that the problem is caused by teachers and not by a lack of support from parents requiring their children to grow up and make an honest effort at studying. It is much easier to delude oneself into thinking that the problem is the teacher. In my entire time in elementary school to high school in the 1970s, I only had one useless teacher. The rest were dedicated professionals. I came from a lower middle class family. My parents went to PTA meetings and teacher conferences. They insisted I do my homework before playing. My parents repeatedly told me, “The world does not owe you a living. You have to earn it. You need a good education.”

Now we have the cult of the victimized. No matter how little effort a student puts in, the failure is put on the teacher. It doesn't matter that the students who actually engage with the teacher and the material succeed. Here is the harsh truth for current students: In the work place you will be expected to be proactive, learning what you need to get the job done. If you don't you will be replaced by someone who will. Welcome to the real world...

[Bommer]

Black politicians, civil rights leaders and their white liberal advocates have little or no interest in doing anything effective to deal with what’s no less than an education crisis among black student

....neither do Republicans for that matter. Seize education back from the rats and teachers unions, and start teaching the curriculum with no sexual, social justice, or revisionist history permitted. Reading, writing and arithmetic, and screw computer training(. Leave programming for a vocational technical school....and bring those back as an alternative to collage!) They get enough of that crap at home!

[1Old Pro]

I hope massive structural education reform is a priority in Trump’s first year of his 2nd term.