Race in Schools
'Too White' Berkeley Science Labs May Be Cut, January 29, 2010, Human Events
Closing labs to offer non-whites courses in note-taking.
Report Cites Disparity in CMS Spending, January 27, 2010, Charlotte Observer
What accounts for student success? It’s not the money.
Texas Board to Take 1st Vote on History Curriculum, January 14, 2010, Comcast News
Students need to know more about the Mexicans who helped build America.
Williamsburg County Schools Settle With Students Over Same-Race Discrimination, January 13, 2010, Dolan Media
“It’s a crime to act white, or it’s a crime to be white.”
NAACP Renews Schools Crusade, January 12, 2010, News & Observer (Raleigh)
For NAACP, race-based busing more important than academic achievement.
Berkeley High May Cut Out Science Labs, December 28, 2009, East Bay Express (Oakland)
Resources to be used to help “underachievers.”
On National Test, 69 Percent of Detroit Children Score Below Basic on Fourth Grade Math; 77 Percent Below Basic on Eighth Grade Math, December 23, 2009, Detroit Public Schools
Worst performance in the history of NAEP testing.
Cheerless: The Real Reason Lincoln High No Longer Has Spirit, December 22, 2009, Willamette Week (Portland, Oregon)
A tale for the modern age.
Scholarship Program Aims to Curb Dropout Rate, December 17, 2009, WBT-AM (Charlotte)
Is this even legal?
Cortines Unveils Plan to Dismantle and Rebuild Fremont High, December 16, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Entire staff of LA school will be fired this summer.
Behind D.C. Schools' Math Gains, an Obstacle, December 14, 2009, Washington Post
Gains are because of improvement of white scores.
Tensions at S. Phila. High Longstanding, Students Say, December 8, 2009, Philadelphia Inquirer
Asians fear for safety, boycott school.
Student Newspaper Runs Supremacist Ad, November 16, 2009, San Francisco Chronicle
Encouraging white solidarity is not allowed.
Order Bars Retiring Nickname Until After Hearing, November 11, 2009, Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota)
Spirit Lake Sioux tribe likes the North Dakota “Fighting Sioux.”
Districts Try to Spread out Poor Students, November 10, 2009, USA Today
Busing now being used to promote “economic diversity.”
Importing Teachers in the District of Columbia, November 10, 2009, Washington Examiner
Teacher unions are willing to sacrifice American members if imported teachers join the union.
Tedesco's Easy Victory Puts Change on Track, November 5, 2009, Raleigh News & Observer
Busing and diversity programs to go on the chopping block.
Classroom Apartheid: Teachers Who Were Afraid to Discipline Thuggish Minority of Asian Pupils for Fear of Being Branded Racist, October 30, 2009, Daily Mail (London)
British school becomes nightmare for white students.
Bronx High School Changed Grades to Graduate More Students, October 30, 2009, GothamSchools
Principal given bonus to improve high school turns it into diploma mill.
Parents Seek £1m for Hammer Attack on White Son at 'Race Bullies' School, October 21, 2009, Daily Mail (London)
School authorities would not discipline non-whites.
Nation's Pupils Find Few Black Men to Call Mister, October 12, 2009, Comcast News
Having more black teachers will narrow gaps and cut dropout rates.
Alternative High School Proposed for Berkeley, October 9, 2009, Contra Costa Times (Contra Costa, California)
School board to help non-white students by putting them in a segregated school.
Wake: Vote Likely Will Reshape Schools, October 7, 2009, News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina voters vote against “school diversity.”
Struggling With Status of Undocumented Students, October 2, 2009, Community College Times
Community colleges don’t know what to do about illegals.
Feds Probe 'Race-Based Discipline' Policy, September 25, 2009, WorldNetDaily
Tucson school district defends discipline policy.
Dropouts Costing California $1.1 Billion Annually in Juvenile Crime Costs, September 24, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Article fails to say who the dropouts are.
Tucson Schools Create Race-Based System of Discipline, September 22, 2009, Arizona Republic
Tucson will have different discipline standards for different races.
Diversity Fight at Center of Wake Schools Race, September 21, 2009, News & Observer (Raleigh)
Voters in N.C. city will decide whether “diversity” is worth a long ride on the school bus.
As Charter Schools Grow in Suburbs, Critics Raise Red Flags, September 16, 2009, Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Charter schools are too white.
Urban Schools Use Marketing to Woo Residents Back, August 25, 2009, AP
Public schools so bad they have to advertise for students.
'Obama Effect' At School: Black Parents Volunteer, Expect More, August 7, 2009, USA Today
Obama single-handedly closing racial gaps of all sorts.
Detroit's Schools Are Going Bankrupt, Too, July 29, 2009, Wall Street Journal
And only one in four 9th-graders graduates in four years.
Racial Gap in Student Achievement Could Be Cultural Bias, School Leaders Say, July 28, 2009, The Oregonian
Lessons need to be more “inclusive.”
The Bottom Line: At This Summer Session in Watts, Black Students Need Not Apply, July 13, 2009, Los Angeles Wave
“If you can’t have [a summer session] for all the students, why have it at all?”
SRC: Schools Must Hire More Minority Teachers, June 30, 2009, Philadelphia Daily News
It takes $250,000 to find “qualified” black teachers for Philadelphia.
Two Students, Two Schools--20 Miles and a World Apart, June 23, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Different student bodies produce different results.
Nearly 60% Won't Graduate at South Side School, June 17, 2009, KCAL-TV (Los Angeles)
Chicago Board of Education says school did its best.
No Longer Letting Scores Separate Pupils, June 16, 2009, New York Times
Boosting non-white students comes at a cost—for whites.
Keeping Discipline In-House, June 16, 2009, Washington Post
Black students just won’t behave themselves unless they are watched every minute.
Taco Incident Under Investigation, June 15, 2009, Cincinnati Enquirer
Hindu accuses school of forcing his five-year-old to eat beef.
Berkeley School Integration Challenge Rejected, June 11, 2009, San Francisco Chronicle
California Supreme Court chips away at Prop. 209
As Jaded As I Am . . ., June 5, 2009, National Review Online
Diversity impoverishes education.
Study: Teachers Choose Schools According to Student Race, May 27, 2009, Science Daily
“Just what it is about black students that pushes high-quality teachers away is hard to pin down.”
A Prom Divided, May 26, 2009, New York Times
Some white students still prefer to have their own prom.
Manhattan Beacon School's Racial Hope Dims, May 15, 2009, New York Daily News
School raises standards for admission; fewer blacks and Hispanics get in.
Racism Hurts Kids' Mental Health, May 7, 2009, USA Today
Racial discrimination makes children feel bad.
'High School Dropout Crisis' Continues in U.S., Study Says , May 5, 2009, CNN
Blacks and Hispanics drop out at twice the white rate.
'No Child' Law Is Not Closing a Racial Gap, April 30, 2009, New York Times
40 percent of test-takers are now “low-scoring minorities.”
New Way to Count Pupils' Race, March 23, 2009, Washington Post
Liberals fear they won’t be able to track student progress.
Parent Objects to 'Second' National Anthem, March 12, 2009, Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star
Nebraska students asked to stand during “Black National Anthem.”