tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post6208263626656715696..comments2009-11-21T08:45:53.137-05:00Jim Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571ontogenyx@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-16795193595107722282009-11-18T10:32:45.594-05:002009-11-18T10:32:45.594-05:00From today&#39;s NYT: What a shock!<br /><br />Schools’ Grades Reflect Persistent Disparity <br /> <br />By JENNIFER MEDINA and ROBERT GEBELOFF<br />Published: November 17, 2009 <br />Over the last three years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.<br /><br />Blacks and Hispanics make up on average 77 percent of the student population in the 139 schools that received A’s this past year, compared with more than 90 percent of the schools that received C’s or worse. While the vast majority of A schools have a high minority enrollment, 14 of the 15 largest high-performing schools in the city have drastically lower black and Hispanic enrollment. <br /><br />(read the rest at nytimes.com if you can stomach it)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-47796212563133812242009-11-18T09:44:50.035-05:002009-11-18T09:44:50.035-05:00Like happened with the banking industry and the stock market capture the regulators and you have the keys to the golden goose. In this way for the corporate educators capture and tame the DOE and you have the key to the golden goose. The DOE looks pretty tame I wonder if it sits up and begs too.Geenoreply@blogger.com