Tamir Nolley wrote: > Beginning in third grade, my son moved to Minneapolis, and > after searching the schools, I felt that Cityview Community > School (yes, one of the schools with a large minority > population the Michael would be afraid to send HIS > children....on the North Side no less!) would best meet his needs.
Race has nothing to do with my views on where I would send my children, educational acheivement and success rates do. > There is the other part of this equation. Parents are just > as responsible for their child's education as the schools. > The "alarming" graduation rate? School can only do so much, > parents need to make sure the homework gets done, and when > necessary, get on their kid's case about about putting the > work in to school. This is true no matter what school a > student attends. Parents may be responsible for their children's educational success, but the schools are responsible for their failures. > Attitudes like the one below, and the fact that there are so > many people convinced that this is the truth are arguably the > reason that our school boards, as well as our state and > federal governments, keep trying to fix things that aren't > broken, and reform what is working fine. Everything is going fine in the MPS? Somehow I have a little trouble believing that when there's a 47% dropout rate (even after they played with the numbers, changing it from a 51% failure to graduate in four years rate to a 47% never graduate rate). Michael Atherton Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
