In a message dated 11/21/2007 11:31:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com) , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Research has shown that when Black middle class parents pull their children out of the school system, it is doomed to failure.? Look at the Birmingham school system.? That is exactly what is going on there.? Black middle class parents need to be reassured that their children will receive the best possible education at the existing schools.? > Good note. You can't blame it on the lack of white students. But today, we all want the best for our kids and we expect the school to provide the base 8 hours/day or longer. So we blame the school and the teachers. I sympathize with parents wanting the best for their children, especially since the information out there can be confusing. I don't know the answers, but the following caught my attention a while back: _Ohio Goes After Charter Schools That Are Failing - New York Times_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/us/08charter.html?hp) Ohio became a test tube for the nation’s charter school movement during a decade...when a wide-open authorization system and plenty of government seed money led to the schools’ explosive proliferation. But their record has been spotty. This year, the state’s school report card gave more than half of Ohio’s 328 charter schools a D or an F. ============================================================================== _http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072007/news/regionalnews/charter_schools_going_ uncharted_872824.htm_ (http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072007/news/regionalnews/charter_schools_going_uncharted_872824.htm) _Click here: Charter Schools Lag, Study Finds - washingtonpost.com_ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082201030.html) _Click here: "charter schools" - Google News_ (http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&ned=tus&rec=0&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=charter+scho ols&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=9&as_minm=10&as_maxd=8&as_maxm=11& as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any) Seems that if firemer's research is right, ("Research has shown that when Black middle class parents pull their children out of the school system, it is doomed to failure." ), then we have a lose/lose situation. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)
