Educator says blacks underachieve - "Do you think so low of yourself….?"

Boston Globe ^ | March 28, 2003 | Kathleen Schuckel

[Cincinatus' Wife]

INDIANAPOLIS -- Across the nation, black males tend to lag behind their high school classmates. Washington Township Superintendent Eugene White is confronting the problem head on, singling out black male students and chastising them for their poor performance in school.

[lodwick]

bttt

[elk]

I went to a predominantly black high school, in a relatively tough neighborhood, and Standford and other "top" schools were constantly hovering around our halls....No one wanted to say it, but the black students could write their own ticket with respect to these schools. I'm not saying that they didn't earn their ticket, in the respect that we had kids with 1400 SAT's, and hard courses/good grades. However, it appeared that the similarly situatied white students, especially, the males, were having a harder time getting into these schools. Can I prove this empirically? I dunno. (see The Center for Equal Opportunity studies on admissions into VA law schools -- and you decide). I would just end by saying that the world CAN be your oyster as a black student, IF you want it.

[yankeedame]

The Civil Rights movement told blacks that advancement would not come through education and economics but through politics and government largess. And it has, for Jackson and other black Judas in the Democrat plantation.

Testify, neighbor, testify!

[Cap'n Crunch]

Unbelievable.

Reminds me of that TV commercial with the teen-age kid pulling the cash register while saying "CHA-CHING."

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[happygrl]

Glad you're keeping a running list of these articles.

BUMP for a courageous educator, Mr. White !

[Anamensis]

I am currently observing a very good high school in a small midwestern town, and the tracking issue comes up a lot. Just Wednesday, the teacher I'm observing pointed out a restless young black man with his hair braided in cornrows.

"Last year he was in Track II and got a B without hardly even trying. But he convinced the guidance counselor that he needed to be slipped down into Track III, because he knew it would be easier yet."

That's just... beyond sad, it's actually rather enraging. I want to grab this kid and smack him around, yelling "Why are you doing this to yourself and to our society??"

Suddenly I understand the day my mom whopped me one upside the head and said "Why do you make me beat you?!" LOL!

[PhilipFreneau]

There is no way to draw a causal link between White's efforts and the increased scores, researchers say.

The so-called "researchers" are idiots. I say White could go much further. When I was in elementary school the principal paddled my butt because, in his words, "you can do much better than you are doing". Damn if I didn't do better after that. LOL.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Suddenly I understand the day my mom whopped me one upside the head and said "Why do you make me beat you?!" LOL!

Whenever I would try, "But I did better than....," I was admonished by my mother, "Never compare yourself with the worst!"

[What Is Ain't]

What a courageous man. I hope his message sinks in.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bumps!

[SpinyNorman]

The inherent flaw in the liberal's defense of Affirmative Action and their overall belief that blacks need an "helping hand" is that for it to work, and be believable, you have to believe that blacks are not as smart as whites, asians that can achieve under the same or worse conditions.

That is clearly a racist belief, but they will never admit it. The race baiting poverty pimps make sure that the blacks stay down and needy, which keeps them voting for them in the hopes that they will be "helped." It just never happens. Look at Clinton's record. I cannot think of a single clear example of anything Clinton did in eight years that demostrably helped poor black people. All they did was serve as a prop for him everytime he got his butt in a sling. Got a problem? Run to a black church.

Wonder how many he has been to since?

[Anamensis]

"Never compare yourself with the worst!"

Oooo, that's a good one!

[hoosiermama]

I've said for years our schools don't have a decipline problem they have a "work ethic" problem. We're a typical southern rural Indiana school district. (not all black)

It's the attitude!

[Stand Watch Listen]

indexing

Here are links to various education threads (also containing numerous helpful links)

FReegards

Walter E. Williams: Inferior Education of Black Americans
Source:CNSNews.com; Published: February 05, 2003; Author: Walter E. Williams

Union Fraud Underscores Need for School Vouchers
Source: CNSNEWS.com; Published: February 05, 2003; Author: Linda Chavez

How Not to Teach Math
Source: City Journal; Published: 7 March 2003; Author: Matthew Clavel

Government Schools Have U.S. On The Fast Track To Third-World Status
Source: Toogood Reports; Published: March 6, 2003; Author: Bob Ellis

Sodom and Gomorrah University
Source: WorldNetDaily.com: Published: February 19, 2003; Author: Michelle Malkin

The Union That Killed Education
Source: newsmax.com; Published: February. 17, 2003; Author: Paul Craig Roberts

Time for public schools to throw in the towel?
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: January 27, 2003; Author: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

My Classroom From Hell
Source: The Wall Street Journal; Published: January 24, 2003; Author: Joshua Kaplowitz

Can more money make schools better?
Source: TownHall.com; Published: January 21, 2003; Author: Phyllis Schlafly

Are public schools constitutional?
Source: NewsWithViews; Published: JANUARY 20, 2003; Auythor: Lynn M. Stuter

The intellectual rape of Oakland's schools
Source: TownHall.com; Published: January 17, 2003; Author: David Horowitz

Hip-hop hogwash in the schools (Michelle Malkin)
Source: TownHall.com; Published: January 15, 2003; Author: Michelle Malkin

Dumbed Down and Dumber Still
Source: The American Prowler; Published: January 15, 2003; Author: By George Neumayr

Washington's education establishment
Source: TownHall.com; Published: January 8, 2003; Author:Walter Williams

NEA Hastens Death of American Education
Source: INSIGHT magazine; Published: January 6, 2003; Author: Ralph de Toledano

White Teachers Fleeing Black Schools
Source: Newsmax; Published:January 1, 2003; Author: Chad Roedemeier

Fiddling whilst Rome burns
Source: TownHall.com; Published: December 26, 2002; Author: Walter Williams

Government School Monopolies Leave Children Behind
Source: Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty; Published: December 4, 2002; Author: Clint Green

The silence of the lambs: McMillan blasts bureaucrats for destroying public education
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: August 15, 2002; Author: Craige McMillan

Taking Charge: Let's Stop Aiding and Abetting Academicians' Folly
Source: HOME EDUCATION magazine; Published: July-August 2002; Author: Larry and Susan Kaseman

’Open Directory’ --Society/Issues/Education/Education_Reform

Deconstructing Public Education
Source: www.newsmax.com; Published: July 26, 2002; Author: Diane Alden

Specious Science In Our Schools
Source: Toogood Reports; Published: July 9, 2002; Author: Alan Caruba

SYMPOSIUM Q: Is the National Education Association Being Fair to Its Religious Objectors?
Source: INSIGHT magazine; Published: June 10, 2002; Authors NO: Stefan Gleason ////\\\\ YES: Bob Chase

Public Sector Subverting Productive Industry
Source: Toogood Reports; Published: May 16, 2002; Author: Henry Pelifian

History of America's Education Part 2: Noah Webster and Early America
Source: Sierra Times; Published: March 27, 2002; Author: April Shenandoah

How Communist is Public Education?
Source: sierratimes.com; Published:March 22, 2002; Author: Chuck Morse

History of America's Education Part 1: Johnny is in trouble
Source: Sierra Times; Published: March 20, 2002; Author: April Shenandoah

Audit rips Georgia schools' curriculum
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Published: March 11, 2002; Author:JAMES SALZER

Why schools fail: Samuel Blumenfeld warns Bush's education legislation is ineffective
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: March 2, 2002; Author: Samuel Blumenfeld

Public School Isn't Like I Remember It
Source: Too Good Reports; Published: February 28, 2002; Author: Phyllis Schlafly

What Is Lacking In Our Educational System
Source: Too Good Reports; Published: February 28, 2002; Author: Ben Cerruti

The charade of education reform
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: February 2, 2002; Author: Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld

American public schools: Working just as designed
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: January 21, 2002; Author: Vox Day

High Schools Fail Thanks To Grade Inflation And Social Promotion
Source: Toogood Reports; Published: December 5, 2001; Author: Vin Suprynowicz

WHY AMERICANS CAN’T READ
Source: Accuracy in Media; Published: December 4, 2001; Author: Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid

The Failing Teacher and the Teachers' Code of Silence
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: December 3, 2001; Author: Glenn Sacks

Time for outrage! Linda Bowles reports latest results in America's public schools
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: November 27, 2001; Author: Linda Bowles

Illiterate in Boston: Samuel Blumenfeld explains U.S.'s ongoing reading problem
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: July 20, 2001; Author: Samuel Blumenfeld

NEA - Let our children go!
Source: WorldNet Daily; Published: June 23. 2001; Author: Linda Harvey

COOKING THE BOOKS AT EDUCATION
Source: Accuracy In Media; Published: June 5, 2001; Author: Cliff Kincaid

Why Do Schools Play Games With Students' Minds ?
Source: The Detroit News; Published: April 1, 2001; Author: Thomas Sowell

The Public School Nightmare: Why fix a system designed to destroy individual thought?
Source: http://home.talkcity.com/LibraryDr/patt/homeschl.htm; Author: John Taylor Gatto

Dumbing down teachers
Source: USNews.com; Published: February 21, 2001; Author: John Leo

Free Republic links to education related articles (thread#8)
Source: Free Republic; Published: 3-20-2001; Author: Various

Are children deliberately 'dumbed down' in school? {YES!!!}
Source: World Net Daily; Published: May 13, 2001; Author: Geoff Metcalf {Interview}

Could they really have done it on purpose?
Source: THE LIBERTARIAN; Published: 07/28/2000; Author: Vin Suprynowicz

New Book Explores America's Education Catastrophe
Source: Christian Citizen USA; Published: April 2000; Author: William H. Wild

Deliberately dumbing us down (Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt's, "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America"
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: December 2,1999; Author: Samuel L. Blumenfeld

Deconstructing the Western Mind: Gramscian-Marxist Subversion of Faith and Education
Source: www.petersnet; Published: Winter 1997; Author: Frank Morriss

Littleton Crisis to Government Control

The UN Plan for Your Mental Health

Lexington Institute

NonPartisan Action For a Better Redding

Quality of Education Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I cannot think of a single clear example of anything Clinton did in eight years that demostrably helped poor black people.

And then he's labled the first black president. The black community can do a hellofa lot better that Bill Clinton.

[stand watie]

YEP!

and their parents MUST get involved-- as OUR parents were.

FRee dixie,sw

[SaveTheChief]

I used to work for Dr. White. He is a very large man who demands respect the moment he walks into a room. He is a very intelligent man who is well-prepared anytime he needs to give an address.

The year he became Superintendent of the district (and as C.E.O. of North Central High School at the same time), I was hired to teach there. He came for a visit one day to address the students. His message was quite clear, that it was mainly the african-american students that were getting into trouble, had lower grades, and generally needed to take advantage of what the school was offering, an opportunity to succeed in life.

His address was not a matter of simple, idle comments and threats. Everything he said was backed by statistics gathered from test scores, discipline reports, and attendance records. He was armed with real information.

It has been several years since I was on staff there, so I do not know if his message has been received, but I do know that we need more administrators like Dr. White. He is not afraid to speak the truth, and not afraid to let the facts speak for themselves.

Unfortunately, if a white superintendent had made the same comments regardless of the facts, he would no longer have a job and would have been labeled a racist.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump for LINKS!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for the post. The message will have to come from black leaders. People like Jesse Jackson have so poisoned race relations in America, it will take many Dr. Whites to set things straight.

[SaveTheChief]

He is an outstanding individual who is not afraid to say anything. Unfortunately, the ACLU and other organizations have made it diffucult for educators to act like adults and treat their students like the children they are.

Today, children in schools have no respect for the authority of the teacher and the administration. Of course this is a generalization, but I believe there is some truth here. We need more teachers and administrators to say what Dr. White said when he was questioned, "You're in school. I run this school, and I meet with you when I want to."

Children need to learn that there are consequences to their actions, or inactions. They need to be shown this with a strong hand, as well as with a respect that is due to them as human-beings. I think Dr. White did that well, according to the article.

Citizens need to take back their schools, get liberal thinking and socialist ideology out of the curriculum, and get back to the business of giving children a template from which they can become successful members of society. We do this with a solid education in English, literature, U.S. and world history, science, mathematics and the arts.

Will this ever happen? The skeptic in me says there is no chance until society as a whole notices that we are heading into the sewer. It would take another revolution to get away from the current state of societal decay.