Race in Schools
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.”
Wake Leader Backs Busing for School Diversity, March 2, 2009, News & Observer (Raleigh)
Inconvenience must be subordinated to the “greater good” of diversity.
California School Spends $10G a Year to Teach AP Spanish to Kids Who Speak Spanish, February 25, 2009, FOX News
Critics say class intended to pad the GPAs of Hispanic students.
Lufkin High School Class Sparks Concerns of Segregation, February 12, 2009, KLTV (Tyler, Texas)
Course in black literature open only to black girls.
Regents Degree Requirements Could Negatively Impact Poor, Minority Graduation Rates, February 6, 2009, New York Daily News
Only half as many blacks and Hispanics as whites can meet new graduation requirements.
Black-White Achievement Gap Persists in Schools Here, January 30, 2009, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Racial achievement gap greatest in best school districts.
Chicago Public Schools: 'No Students From Opposing Schools' at Games, January 26, 2009, Chicago Sun-Times
The good news: Most high school basketball games in Chicago are “incident-free.”
Parents See Bias in School Pep Talks, January 23, 2009, Courier-Post Staff (Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
School officials cannot ask blacks and Hispanics to study harder without asking whites, too.
Mother Fights 15-Mile Bus Ride, January 22, 2009, Raleigh
Black NC mom opposes bussing to achieve “racial balance” in white schools.
U.S. School Segregation on the Rise: Report, January 16, 2009, Reuters
Blacks, Hispanics more segregated now than during the “civil rights” movement.
California’s Latinos and Blacks Still Lag in University Eligibility, December 12, 2008, Los Angeles TimeS
More Hispanics qualify for college; fewer blacks.
Minority Populations in Suburbs Rise—And So Do Number of Segregated Schools, November 18, 2008, MinnPost (Minneapolis)
School districts devising policies to make sure schools are “diverse.”
Black Teachers in Short Supply, November 4, 2008, Detroit News
Black teachers needed to prepare white students for a “diverse” future.
School’s Success Gives Way to Doubt, October 31, 2008, New York Times
Fraud suspected in troubled school’s testing turnaround.
Enrollment in Gifted Programs Shrinks in Wake of City Measures Meant to Widen Admissions, October 30, 2008, New York Daily News
New York City effort to make gifted program more “diverse” fails.
U.S. Dropout Picture Is Grim, Report Says, October 28, 2008, AP
More than 1 in 3 non-whites drop out of high school.
Fewer Blacks, More Whites Are Hired as City Teachers, September 25, 2008, New York Sun
It’s hard for NYC to find black teachers who can be certified.