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Trump outed by former Campaign Strategist: "he is the presidential equivalent of Sanjaya on American Idol."
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Is that really your universe?sirfun said:do you think he lied to trump
or just the police ?? )
The key question, she says, is why these families are deciding to leave traditional schools. Research suggests black families often choose to home school for very different reasons than white families.GromsMom said:
"White home-schoolers, the No. 1 reason they give when asked is religion," Mazama says. "For the black families, it was not the case at all. It was racism."
This is particularly interesting, she says, because African-Americans are consistently the most religious subgroup in America. They pray more. They go to church more.
"And yet, religion was not No. 1, not No. 2, not No. 3."
The key question, she says, is why these families are deciding to leave traditional schools. Research suggests black families often choose to home school for very different reasons than white families.
"White home-schoolers, the No. 1 reason they give when asked is religion," Mazama says. "For the black families, it was not the case at all. It was racism."
This is particularly interesting, she says, because African-Americans are consistently the most religious subgroup in America. They pray more. They go to church more.
"And yet, religion was not No. 1, not No. 2, not No. 3."
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The kid in this article is 8 (so he might be in the 2nd grade) , and he lives in a mostly black town. It's quite likely that his parents had their opinions about the local education system and its problems prior to having any recent experience with it. The events that set the mom off were in a private preschool, not a public school.
The article says she quit her job of 10 years to be a stay at home mom, and that she has 3 kids. If we're to believe the reason she quit her job was because of the racist education system that's great, but I'd be curious about what kind of job it was she had ('cause it apparently wasn't impressive enough to make mention in the article) and how having to pay for daycare for 3 kids instead of just one kid was in no way a contributing factor to their decision.
5-10% of 2M = ~200,000 students at the upper end.
With that said, I think it's great that these parents have assumed this much responsibility for educating and socializing their kids in an environment they can control.
The article says she quit her job of 10 years to be a stay at home mom, and that she has 3 kids. If we're to believe the reason she quit her job was because of the racist education system that's great, but I'd be curious about what kind of job it was she had ('cause it apparently wasn't impressive enough to make mention in the article) and how having to pay for daycare for 3 kids instead of just one kid was in no way a contributing factor to their decision.
5-10% of 2M = ~200,000 students at the upper end.
With that said, I think it's great that these parents have assumed this much responsibility for educating and socializing their kids in an environment they can control.
http://blackdemographics.com/education-2/elementary-high-school-education/
But according to this article we're supposed to believe that the trend in the black communities to favor private and charter schools has different motivations than the trend for black homeschoolers, which comprise a fraction of the kids being educated outside the public school systems. On the say-so of the African Studies professor quoted in this article.
Occam's Razor - most people opting out of the public school systems are doing it to provide their kids with a more controlled environment and a stronger education. For every black parent that's trying to get away from white teachers I think its safe to say that there are parents of all races trying to get away from the student body of the local public schools.
By my count, 918,000 black students in private and charter schools / 8.168M black students nationwide = 11+% of the total.
But according to this article we're supposed to believe that the trend in the black communities to favor private and charter schools has different motivations than the trend for black homeschoolers, which comprise a fraction of the kids being educated outside the public school systems. On the say-so of the African Studies professor quoted in this article.
Occam's Razor - most people opting out of the public school systems are doing it to provide their kids with a more controlled environment and a stronger education. For every black parent that's trying to get away from white teachers I think its safe to say that there are parents of all races trying to get away from the student body of the local public schools.
I could see it in certain rural and suburban areas where there are no practical alternatives to a poorly performing or uncivil school environment. In the big city you can commute to another school if you're having problems at your local, but there are fewer choices for families living in more sparsely populated communities.
