I don't think you can blame immigrants from Chicago, Gary, and Mississippi for low test score averages for African Americans in the Minneapolis Public Schools. If anything, it is likely that these immigrants have INCREASED those test score averages because educational outcomes for African American students in Chicago, Gary, and Mississippi are generally better.
I think the problem isn't the African-American immigrants, but the response of the political establishment to those immigrants. The public schools responded with intensified use of ability-grouping / curriculum tracking and resegregation. -Doug Mann, King Field In a message dated 1/1/2003 5:46:25 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > A friend who teaches at a northside middle school took a poll of her > students and found none, this year, born in Minneapolis. Most were from > Chicago and other Illinois cities, followed by Gary, and Mississippi. > Three of her students discovered that they had attended the same Chicago > elementary school - they hadn't known each other in Chicago. The > overwhelming majority of her students claim African-American ethnicity. > > My friend's poll is certainly unscientific - it simply represents the > experience of one MPS teacher this year. But she's seeing evidence of > in-migration among her students. It also suggests that our teachers are > dealing with kids who started in weaker educational systems - this > certainly would have an impact on test scores and dropout rates. > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
