GRADUATE RACE-DIVIDE GETTING WORSE

New York Post ^ | 2/15/05 | DAVID ANDREATTA

[confederate66]

Typical liberal spin..blame the "man" not the failed parents. Good to see so many across the nation seeing this lie for what it is. Keep the red states going!!!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Their married parents are thrilled? Odds of two black girls having married parents are about two to one against.

The educational problems referenced in the article flow directly from the huge OOW births in the black population. They have reduced it to near criminal, near poverty status everywhere.

In 1960 the OOW birth rate for blacks was similiar to that of whites, less than 20%. Now, thanks to the welfare system's explosion, it is 75-80% which means disaster for everyone including those of us who are not black since we will be paying the costs of such irresponsibility. On the bright side though it keeps employment in the prison industry very high.

[FreedomPoster]

Good call, kudos.

[justshutupandtakeit]

No the root cause is OOW births.

[RonF]

The study did not consider Asian students.

If it had, it would likely have found that their graduation rate is equal to or even higher than whites, and investigation of the reasons why would reveal the overriding importance of stable two-parent family life and the expectations of the parents in academic success. School spending is important, but secondary to the above.

[justshutupandtakeit]

The OOW birth rate for Asians is less than that of whites and a fraction of that for Blacks and Hispanics.

[layman]

An interesting statistic would be ... "What percent of those who fail to graduate come from one-parent households, and what percent of those who graduate come from two-parent households." My guess is that the success of all races would be much more similar measured this way.

[JoeSixPack1]

"Quotas Gone Wild"
A new old way of keeping plantation workers plantated!
Jailers 100% employed.
Teachers' union bosses on top of the food chain for generations.

And a corrupt village of idiots collecting and spending tax money by way of algorithms completely indecipherable by city educated nitwits who are one paycheck away from robbing a 7-11.

[thejokker]

you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him/her learn...

[umgud]

A statistic we really need to look at is how many kids are currently in school and how many are actually graduating? The kids in school today are the same ones who will be supporting us boomers in retirement. Here in CA it don't look too promising.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

It really amazes me that the number who graduate high school is so low. Most people I bring this up with have not idea the rates are so high. But no need to worry, there's always welfare checks waiting for them...

[brytlea]

Oh, we don't want to break it down into one and two parent families. After all, you should be well aware if you watch TV that single moms are the best parents one can have! (do we have a sarcasm icon?)
sundero

[KC_for_Freedom]

no disparity between "white" students and "minority" students.

Asians are not minorities in this type of study. A lot depends on what liberal myth you are trying to sell. Of course when asians are promoted to management then they do count as minorities.

At any rate, graduation rates show only how much graduation matters. In todays high schools, it takes a great deal of EFFORT in order to not graduate. You have to cuss out liberal teachers who are only too happy to give you a grade, then you have to totally ignor classes where questions simlar to graduation exam test questions are reviewed. And you have to forget that you can remember 200 plays in a play book but can't remember 20 facts to pass a test. You also need to simply hang out somewhere else for a lot of time. Graduation standards are so low that a motivated fifth grader could pass them, I think minorities need to take a little responsibility for this one.

Now if you want to criticise the schools for not preparing more kids for college I could agree with this.

[randita]

Bill Cosby was right (at least on his comments about the crisis in the black family).

[dnmore]

Thirty years of research shows that family involvement significantly increases students’ academic achievement. Indeed, parental involvement in their children’s learning is a better predictor of academic achievement than parents’ socioeconomic status or educational level.

http://www.ed.gov/inits/record/legacy.pdf

I'd be willing to bet this has something to do with this.

[bikepacker67]

Sally Struthers has the Answer!

[L98Fiero]

In high school, my girlfriend's best friends were two Asian sisters. These three girls were the top three graduates in the class.

We were hardly ever allowed at their house during weekday afternoons. Not only did they study schoolwork, their Dad and Mom spent a lot of time with them just doing family stuff.

That is why Asians are not figured here. Because people know. The article and people quoted in it are liars. They know the answer to this problem, it's just not a politically correct answer so it is dismissed.

[cinives]

Bingo. This whole article is probably timed to go along with the judge ordering more money for NYS schools.

[Fast1]

Well they need to study more and shoot hoops and Hip Hop less.

[cinives]

I disagree. There are plenty of successful one parent families - the difference is, the one parent has to have the same attitude about hard work, family life, and school success as the two-parent family.