Re: segregation is back ... in the north

Well, as long as they're "seperate, but equal"...

Jesus

On Aug 30, 1:00 pm, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A high school has defended its decision to segregate students by race
> and gender.
>
> The scheme, at McCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
> separates black students from the rest of the school pupils, and then
> further breaks it down into black females and black males.
>
> Today the school's principal defended the policy.
> Bill Jimenez said the school noticed that black students were not
> performing as well as other students, and that research had shown that
> same-race classes with strong same-race role models led to better
> academic results.
>
> Mr Jimenez admitted that no other students were divided by race at the
> school, but he added that academic data dictated the school take a
> different approach with its black students.
>
> He told Lancasteronline.com: 'One of the things we said when we did
> this was, "Let's look at the data, let's not run from it. Let's
> confront it and see what we can do about it".'
>
> The idea came from Angela Tilghman, an instructional coach at McCaskey
> East.
>
> She said statistics had shown about a third of McCaskey's African-
> Americans scored proficient or advanced in reading on last year's
> Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, compared with 60 per
> cent of white students and 42 per cent of students overall.
>
> In mathematics, only 27 per cent of black students scored proficient
> or advanced.
> McCaskey East High School
>
> She said research had shown that grouping black students by gender
> with a strong role model could boost both academic achievement and
> self-esteem.
>
> Some students, staff and parents were against the segregation, saying
> that it ran against everything the school stood for - with students
> from diverse backgrounds.
>
> But it was something Mr Jimenez thought was worth trying.
>
> In all segregated classes, mentors track their students' grades, test
> scores and attendance.
>
> One such mentor is Michael Mitchell, who hopes to inspire his black
> male students during their short daily meetings.
>
> He said he often quoted the Reverend Martin Luther King, who said:
> 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
> conscientious stupidity.'
>
> Mr Mitchell recently used the quote when he found that some of his
> students were failing gym.
>
> He said: 'They're all young. They're all strong. They're all athletic.
> But they're failing because they chose not to participate.
>
> 'That's an example of "conscientious stupidity". You can do but you
> choose not to do. These are the things we need to get away from.'
>
> Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350864/School-defends-separa...

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