DGS49
Diamond Member
60 years after Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, there are several things that we now know but are unwilling to accept:
(1) Sitting alongside white classmates does nothing to improve Blacks' educational performance. Nor does it help Whites' performance, although nobody expected that.
(2) There is no correlation between education spending and meaningful education "outcomes." This holds true whether spending increases are the result of higher teacher compensation, better facilities, lower student-teacher ratios, or consolidation of rich & poor school districts. Costs have increased geometrically, yet the measurable results are stagnant or declining (due to demographics, mainly).
(3) The American educational establishment has no idea what to do about differences in academic performance between and among our racial and ethnic groups. In fact, the Asian-White and Black-White gaps are increasing, despite billions spent to reduce or eliminate these gaps.
(4) There is no measurable educational improvement for Black students when school districts are managed primarily by African Americans (c.f. Washington, D.C.).
(5) The unconstitutional Federal intrusion into education has done NOTHING to improve educational outcomes in U.S. public schools - Operation "Head Start" being "Exhibit A."
(6) The white liberals who have championed "school integration," teacher unionization, massive education spending increases, school district consolidations, etc., are even less likely to send their kids to integrated urban schools than the conservative republicans who fought these initiatives.
(7) School re-segregation is increasing, largely due to continued "white flight," higher fertility rates of minority residents, and the proliferation of charter schools, but essentially nobody in either the minority or "white" communities seems to care.
And yet in every state and local election in the country in this Primary Election season, the Democrat candidates are promising to spend more money on Education.
Amazing, isn't it?
(1) Sitting alongside white classmates does nothing to improve Blacks' educational performance. Nor does it help Whites' performance, although nobody expected that.
(2) There is no correlation between education spending and meaningful education "outcomes." This holds true whether spending increases are the result of higher teacher compensation, better facilities, lower student-teacher ratios, or consolidation of rich & poor school districts. Costs have increased geometrically, yet the measurable results are stagnant or declining (due to demographics, mainly).
(3) The American educational establishment has no idea what to do about differences in academic performance between and among our racial and ethnic groups. In fact, the Asian-White and Black-White gaps are increasing, despite billions spent to reduce or eliminate these gaps.
(4) There is no measurable educational improvement for Black students when school districts are managed primarily by African Americans (c.f. Washington, D.C.).
(5) The unconstitutional Federal intrusion into education has done NOTHING to improve educational outcomes in U.S. public schools - Operation "Head Start" being "Exhibit A."
(6) The white liberals who have championed "school integration," teacher unionization, massive education spending increases, school district consolidations, etc., are even less likely to send their kids to integrated urban schools than the conservative republicans who fought these initiatives.
(7) School re-segregation is increasing, largely due to continued "white flight," higher fertility rates of minority residents, and the proliferation of charter schools, but essentially nobody in either the minority or "white" communities seems to care.
And yet in every state and local election in the country in this Primary Election season, the Democrat candidates are promising to spend more money on Education.
Amazing, isn't it?
