From Fox News: A new policy by Florida educators to set student goals in math and
reading based on their race is an “ill-advised” plan that is destined to
fail, education analysts told FoxNews.com.
By 2018, Florida’s Department of Education wants 90 percent of its
Asian students to be reading at or above grade level, compared to 88
percent of white students, 81 percent of Hispanic pupils and 74 percent
of African-American children. In math, state educational officials want
that figure to be 92 percent for Asian students, or 18 percent higher
than that of African-American students and 11 percent higher than their
American Indian counterparts.
“Separate but equal is not,” said Kris Amundson of Education Sector,
an independent education think tank based in Washington. “I understand
that this is recognition that students are beginning at different places
— and that’s honest — but I think it is, at best, ill-advised to set
different learning standards for students based on the color of their
skin.”....
The 24-page strategic plan,
which was approved in October, also sets differing goals for students
who are economically disadvantaged, those with disabilities and children
who are still learning English. Florida Department of Education
officials were unavailable for comment Monday, but Board of Education
Chairman Gary Chartrand responded late Tuesday to insist that the goal
is still to get all children "100 percent proficient."
"We have to acknowledge that there are different starting points
among groups of students today," Chartrand said in a written statement.
"We can only close the achievement gap in Florida if we are willing to
have an honest conversation about what it will take to get all students
to that level of success."
Board member Kathleen Shanahan has said the goals are needed to
comply with terms of a waiver that Florida and 32 other states have
within provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
When you lower expectations, you are going to get lower scores.
If you have high expectations, you will get higher results.
If you separate grades and expectations based of race, you are nothing but a racist.
And apparently this is ok with the Obama administration and the Department of Education? Time to get rid of Obama and the Department of Education.
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