On 3/18/08, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RB W wrote: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Public_Schools > > Uh ... wow ... that's impressively bad ... > > I do note that the the 6 year state takeover didn't work either. > > In this instance, I really hope the charter schools help. However, I > will note the following: > > > University Preparatory Academy are elementary, middle, and high > > schools which have shown test scores above averages for Detroit > > Public Schools.[61] Their goal is to graduate 90% of incoming > > freshmen and have 90% of those graduates go on to college. They > > intend to meet that goal for the first time this year. They pay for > > ACT college admissions tests, there are no bells between classes. > > They lease a building from philanthropist Bob Thompson for $1.00 per > > year on condition of meeting student performance goals.[62] However, > > these scores are below high performing DHS schools with selective > > enrollment such as Bates Academy, Burton International and > > Renaissance High School. > > I find it amazing that even in such a disaster of a system, the public > school still bests the private school if you let them exclude the idiots > causing the majority of the problems. > > Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer to this. On one hand, > excluding the problems clearly helps. On the other hand, what do you > actually do with the problems? > > -a >
What to do... Well this is why I vote to give Mark and anybody else that wants to take a stab at the system for the sake of thier own kids in their own limited time frame. The fact is even if you want a good "socialized" school system in many places it is totally broken. And contrary to popular belief, socialists take a back seat to nobody in how much they care about money. If you want to get their attention then mess with their money. Their "good" intentions are no longer in effect. The environment of "intentions" has something/everything to do with this dire circumstance. In places like L.A. and Chicago where there are spectacular successes in the inner city with charter schools and set aside schools because people have some opportunity for success where there is still dedication and skills which aren't totally money oriented. In Detroit that diversity doesn't exist. The corruption is amazing. They have chased away the people of good intentions and community service in large part. @20,000 people/yr leave that place... I view it as analogous to the fact that there are no Republicans in the city and there haven't been any for almost 40 years. When a system is run one way and one way only eventually there is no intention that things change[1]. rbw [1] I need to make a thread in Kooler regarding Obama and his Pastor problem. This education problem and the problem that has Democrats feigning surprise at this Black "Progressive" minister (not Republicans mind you) is the exact same phenomena. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
