On 6/16/23 22:08, BT wrote:
> Hey, remember reading the history of blacks demanding basic
> equal education and hearing of this still in our lifetimes some
> decades ago?
>
> Well, the white lefties who run the school bureaucracy and
> are the bulk of the teachers' union and the school bureaucracy
> have wrecked education for blacks (as well as most others),
> and blacks have for too long thought voting Democrats was
> going to be the solution, and they waited, and waited, and waited . . .
>
> There was a time when math and grammar and geography and
> simple sciences were taught, but that was when the teachers and
> the bureaucracy still included lots of conservatives and moderates
> who along with the so-called progressives were more interested in
> education than they have been in more recent years. Now the
> practical stuff is ignored and instead kids are taught to hate the
> country, are sexualized, and brainwashed into thinking they are
> a different sex and encouraged to get sex change operations,
> all while discipline is disappearing.
>
> Good work, Democrats.
>
> In the News:
>
> Maryland NAACP calls for conference to fix problems in public schools
>
> The Maryland NAACP is preparing for what could be a historic moment in improving the public education of African American students. The civil rights group says it’s called a conference with public school leaders on June 15 and 16 to find solutions that will work immediately, not 10 years from now.
>
> The Maryland NAACP released a public statement last week saying it’s attempted to work with state and local education agencies “to remedy the dreadful education circumstances” for African American children in public schools. The situation, according to the NAACP, is “intolerable” and getting worse.
>
> The NAACP of Maryland is absolutely right about the conditions and the fact that they are both dreadful and intolerable. The group says it is focused on finding solutions for three issues: Lagging academic achievement, a breakdown in discipline and the treatment of special education students.
>
> “I knew the transition from elementary to middle was going to be a difficult one, but I was vastly unprepared for what would soon become my son’s reality,” said Sarah Valentine, a parent of a sixth-grade student, “Daily assaults, arson, deadly weapons and even shooting quickly replaced recess and circle time. My once carefree son now consistently has to worry that he will fall victim to an act of violence,” Valentine said.
>
> Christy Cachiaras said she has four children enrolled in Baltimore County schools and said two of her children were assaulted in the past week.
>
> “It feels like sometimes we’re sending our kids to fight club. It’s really sad and scary. I would urge the board to think about some balances between protections for victims and protections for the offenders,” she said. “We do have a lot of mental health issues that are the result of quarantine and the pandemic.”
>
> I think the urgency the NAACP is showing is good but I do wonder what the group is willing to do in order to deal with these problems. The NAACP of Maryland lists “Eliminate zero tolerance; keep kids in schools” as one of its four “Educational Pillars.” That seems to be in line with concerns about the “school to prison pipeline.”
>
> But this Fox 45 report connects a rise in discipline issues with a 98% drop in arrests at Baltimore City schools. That decline is almost certainly the result of activist concern about the “school to prison pipeline.” Two city schools police officers said that as a result of that, authorities were turning a blind eye to school violence. Logically, if students learn there are no real consequences to attacking teachers or other students they will less inclined to stop. In other words, I wonder if some of the very real problems the NAACP of Maryland wants to address aren’t the result of policies the NAACP of Maryland endorses. Here’s the full report.

Amen.

(My family story is a terrible indictment on our current public schools.
I raised 4 children and all went to public schools and all graduated
from Washington public universities. Now 3 of those have had children,
5 in total. Two have attended public elementary schools, but by
next fall, all will be attending private schools.)