Well, as long as they're "seperate, but equal"... Jesus
On Aug 30, 1:00 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> 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... -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
