> I completely agree with Edwards and disagree with Atherton and Gallmon > on this point. I am not satisfied with promises that things will get > better over the course of several generations. I believe the K-12 > education system can be reformed so that differences in academic > achievement between blacks and whites will be rapidly reduced. And if > fair employment and housing laws are also aggressively and effectively > enforced, the income and education gap could be closed completely in a > matter of several years.
K-12 is just one part of a big puzzle. Among the many other parts, there is family, community, mentality, aspiration, media, etc. The most important part of all, before we get to K-12, is family. IMHO, family the foundation of everything else. Thomas T. Thai // Whittier TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
