Race in Schools
That’ll Teach ‘Em, May 30, 2006, Enter Stage Right
Black bullying of whites is condoned at school.
Disparity in Graduation Rates Baffles School Officials, April 13, 2006, Gazette (Gaithersburg, Md.)
Blacks do far worse on tests than whites in school district, but are more likely to graduate.
Home-Schooling Grows Quickly in United States, March 3, 2006, Reuters
Homeschoolers, overwhelmingly white, want to provide their own moral instruction to children.
Chaos at the Top Causes Black Families to Flee the City Schools, February 3, 2006, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Minneapolis public schools are so bad that “black flight” is now a problem.
Minority Graduates Get Twice the Pomp, December 21, 2005, Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Universities see exclusive commencements for non-whites as celebrating diversity.
U.S. Schooling Falls Back in Global Ratings, September 15, 2005, AP
US among the top spenders on education but gets mediocre results.
Tempers Flare Between Houston, Louisiana Students and Their Mothers, September 14, 2005, 11 News (Houston)
Three hospitalized in brawl between New Orleans evacuees and Houston natives.
Can Whites Teach Blacks?, July 20, 2005, Hartford Courant
Many blacks say no.
Ebonics Suggested For District, July 19, 2005, San Bernadino County Sun
Black students in Calif. school district will be able to read books written in Ebonics.
Santa Monica High’s Multicultural Fistfights, July 19, 2005, FrontPageMagazine.com
Leftists believe “institutional racism” to blame for black, Hispanic underachievement.
Pain in Paradise: Walton Hills Sees Schools as Thorn, June 28, 2005, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Whites try to take their children out of black school.
Court Upholds Mass. School Desegregation, June 17, 2005, AP
Court upholds district’s right to use race in deciding school assignments.
Parents Sue Capistrano Unified School District, June 17, 2005, Pacific Legal Foundation
Parents sue school district for using race to determine where children go to school.
Minorities Support ‘Racist’ Tests, June 2, 2005, Christian Science Monitor
Black parents want schools to use standardized tests and publicize racial differences.
Mother Crashes Minivan into School, May 25, 2005, Philadelphia Inquirer
White parent angered that black students harrassed her children.
School on Bias Alert, April 26, 2005, New York Post
Parent takes action over anti-white bullying in school.
Spellings Cancels Trip Amid Attack on NCLB, April 15, 2005, Washington Times
Utah wants to withdraw from NCLB because it can’t get non-whites to meet targets.
Study Puts Oakland Dropout Rate at 52%, April 5, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle
Fewer than half graduate in school district that is only six percent white.
Call Berates ‘Poor Blackie’, March 1, 2005, Chicago Sun-Times
White schoolboard member accidentally tells reporter what she thinks of blacks.
Truancy in D.C. Schools, February 17, 2005, Washington Times
Lack of funds can’t explain school truancy rate in overwhelmingly black city.
Fight At Local School Turns Into Chaos, November 22, 2004, ABC7.com (Los Angeles)
As many as one thousand fight in black-on-Hispanic brawl at high school.
Study Finds National Math Test Easier, November 19, 2004, AP
National gains in math scores may be meaningless because of undemanding test.
School Diversity Case Back In Court, November 11, 2004, Chicago Tribune
Justice Department takes Chicago to court over excessively white schools.
Study Finds Progress In Reading, Math, But Results Fall Short Of Standards, October 18, 2004, Seattle Times
Reports that racial academic test gaps are narrowing may be deceptive.
Students Value Diversity In High School And College, September 24, 2004, PNNOnline
Brainwashing takes its toll, but many still equate “affirmative action” with quotas.
Schools May Drop Race Policy, September 22, 2004, Chicago Tribune
Without quotas, Chicago’s best schools will “turn into white schools.”
Researcher: Dropouts Fuel Minority MCAS-Pass Spike, September 13, 2004, BostonHerald.com
Mass. school officials say racial gaps closing, but the story is more complicated.
12 Million Languish In Failing Public Schools, Report Says, August 31, 2004, Washington Times
One quarter of the nation’s schools fail under No Child Left Behind provisions.
Importing A New Underclass: More Evidence, August 24, 2004, VDARE.com
Steve Sailer shows even American-born Hispanics underperform whites in school.
The Charter Difference, August 24, 2004, National Review Online
Non-whites perform just as badly at charter schools as at normal ones.
Minority Students Still Lag On ACTs, August 19, 2004, DesMoinesRegister.com
White/non-white academic test score gap continues not to close.
Literacy Effort Challenges City, August 6, 2004, Washington Times
One in three residents of majority black DC reads at or below third-grade level.
Report: Blacks Suspended At High Rate, August 4, 2004, DesMoinesRegister.com
“Some teachers are just racist,” student explains.
Home Schooling Is on the Rise, August 4, 2004, AP
Home schooling has increased 29 percent in four years on fears of school environment.
High School Violence Fear Keeps Many U.S. Kids Home, July 30, 2004, Reuters
Race missing from story about school violence.
Elk Grove Seeking Answers To Racial Tension In School, July 20, 2004, Sacramento Bee
“Unity Day” does little to curb racial tension at high school.
Texas Graduation Rate Worst In Nation, Again, July 1, 2004, Jason Spencer, Houston Chronicle
Jason Spencer, Houston Chronicle, Jun. 30 For the second straight year, Texas has the lowest percentage of high school graduates in the nation, according to a U.S. Census Bureau study released Tuesday. Seventy-seven percent of Texans age 25 and older…