alan1
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Let's see, they have lower standards in high school and fools think this will not affect their success in college? Not affect their success in their employment? I guess these same people want a quadriplegic fireman pulling them out of a burning house.And here we have the Obama Administration advocating for lower standards of educations for minorities (except for Asians):
According to Alabamas new education standards, black students will not be expected to do as well as white ones in public schools. The WSJ reports:
Beginning this fall, Alabama public schools will be under a new state-created academic accountability system that sets different goals for students in math and reading based on their race, economic status, ability to speak English and disabilities. Alabamas Plan 2020 sets a different standard for students in each of several subgroups American Indian, Asian/Pacific islander, black, English language learners, Hispanic, multirace, poverty, special education and white.
In other words, minority students will need to meet lower expectations, while white students (and Asians) will be expected to reach higher proficiency levels.
This practice is not new. In an effort to escape the No Child Left Behind Acts stringent standards for schools, a number of states applied for a waiver, which would allow states to keep federal funding if their schools met a limited number of benchmarks. Of the 33 states granted a waiver last year, 27 now have different achievement goals for different groups of students. And the Obama administration fully supports this measure, as long as the low-performing students are required to make greater rates of progress, so that the gap between struggling students and high-achieving students is cut in half over six years.
Via Meadia: Walter Russell Mead's Blog | The American Interest
This will definitely ensure Unequal Outcomes...with minority students (except Asians) being given social promotions and remaining illiterate.