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Grim graduation rates for black males highlight racial gap
http://www.thegrio.com/specials/making-the-grade/grim-graduate-rates-for-black-males-highlight-racial-gap-in-schools.php
Are young black men ready for the increasingly brutal, knowledge-based job market in the U.S.? The answer is a resounding “no,” according to a new report, Yes We Can: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males 2010. Calling it a “national crisis,” the report found that only 47 percent of black males graduated from high school in the 2007-2008 school year.
The report’s authors also stated that the results of the eighth grade reading assessment test scores, which measure how many black males read at or above the proficiency level, “should set off alarm bells.” The “best” score was a dramatically low: 15 percent (Kentucky, New Jersey), and several states averaged only five percent (Mississippi, Nevada).
According to the report, “(M)ore than twice as many black students are classified as ‘mentally retarded’ in spite of research demonstrating that the percentages of students from all groups are approximately the same at each intelligence level.” The report adds, “The persistent over-classification of black male students as ‘mentally retarded’ reflects, at best, a lack of professional development in this area for teachers and other staff.”
It all goes back to the home and lack of parental involvement during the child’s early development.
Schools get extra funds for the *developmentally disabled*. Mothers get an extra SSDI check. The classification includes kids who are not disabled, but who simply cannot sit still in class and are routinely prescribed drugs for ADD or whatever it is called these days.
I believe a teacher of the disabled commands a higher salary. They usually have Master’s degrees.
Subsidize anything and you will get more of it.