[headsonpikes]

I believe that the Educrats are underestimated, and seen as incompetent.

Apart from their obvious financial interest in the current system, perhaps their ambitions and the social goals they strive for have nothing to do with whether kids become literate and numerate.

It seems to me, on the face of it, that the Educrats are winning.

[Amelia]

On June 19 the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) , known as the Nation's Report Card, reported that 36 percent of 4th graders cannot read at what the test defined as a "basic" level. The figure for whites is 25 percent, for Latinos 56 percent, and for blacks 60 percent.

And if 25% of whites, 56% of Latinos, and 60% of blacks are retained in the lower grades, the NAACP will sue the schools, claiming that more people of color fail because the schools are racist.