Wednesday, November 28, 2018

How Liberal Policy Keeps Black Kids From Succeeding

Thirty percent of Brooklyn's William Floyd elementary school third-graders scored well below proficient in English and language arts, but at a Success Academy charter school in the same building, only one did.

Similar high performance can be found in the Manhattan charter school KIPP Infinity Middle School among its sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders when compared with that of students at New Design Middle School, a public school at the same location.

There's little question that charter schools provide superior educational opportunities for black youngsters.

In a story The New York Times ran about charter schools earlier this month, "With Democratic Wins, Charter Schools Face a Backlash in N.Y. and Other States," John Liu, an incoming Democratic state senator from Queens, said New York City should "Get rid of" large charter school networks.

One would think that black politicians and civil rights organizations would support charter schools.

The NAACP demands that charter schools "Cease expelling students that public schools have a duty to educate." It wants charter schools to "Cease to perpetuate de facto segregation of the highest performing children from those whose aspirations may be high but whose talents are not yet as obvious." Most importantly, it wants charter schools to come under the control of teachers unions.

In Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, 25 percent of public school teachers send their children to private schools.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/28/how-liberal-policy-keeps-black-students-from-succeeding/

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