FLA finally does it, schools codify racism

[dogtowner]

I can't imagine anyone who would not be outraged

race based educational standards..... I thought I'd seen it all. wrong again...

it will be interesting to see if this finds it's way to the Supreme Court though I would hope it stops at the FLA State S.C..

Palm Beach, Fla. (CBS TAMPA) – The Florida State Board of Education passed a plan that sets goals for students in math and reading based upon their race.

On Tuesday, the board passed a revised strategic plan that says that by 2018, it wants 90 percent of Asian students, 88 percent of white students, 81 percent of Hispanics and 74 percent of black students to be reading at or above grade level. For math, the goals are 92 percent of Asian kids to be proficient, whites at 86 percent, Hispanics at 80 percent and blacks at 74 percent. It also measures by other groupings, such as poverty and disabilities, reported the Palm Beach Post.
The plan has infuriated many community activists in Palm Beach County and across the state.

“To expect less from one demographic and more from another is just a little off-base,” Juan Lopez, magnet coordinator at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Riviera Beach, told the Palm Beach Post.

 

[steveox]

What you think what California is doing? 80% Asians go to UCLA and 70% Hispanics go to USC

 

[dogtowner]

What you think what California is doing? 80% Asians go to UCLA and 70% Hispanics go to USC

not by law or decree

 

[Cruella]

How on earth did they come to this formula? Are they saying Asians are more intelectually equiped and blacks are on the bottom? Besides being racist, it's just flat out wrong.

 

[dogtowner]

How on earth did they come to this formula? Are they saying Asians are more intelectually equiped and blacks are on the bottom? Besides being racist, it's just flat out wrong.

I would hazzard to guess that its the most achievable numbers they think they have a shot at tro get fed money.

 

[Cruella]

I would hazzard to guess that its the most achievable numbers they think they have a shot at tro get fed money.

The Feds need to get out of the equation.

 

[dogtowner]

The Feds need to get out of the equation.

well the sharp downward curve to declining education coincides with th4 birth of the Dept of Ed.