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| 2018-01-11 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna When all 164 of Washington D.C. Frank W. Ballou Senior High School’s graduating seniors last year applied for and were accepted to college, the whole community - students, teachers, administrators, parents, and education reformers - had reason to celebrate the achievements of these obviously hard-working graduates. With a graduating class the school system considered "academically disadvantaged," someone in the school district should have smelled a rat. After all, 98 percent of Ballou’s 930 students were African-Americans, and two percent were Hispanic/Latino, according to data from the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) system. One hundred percent of them were considered "academically disadvantaged" by the system. Kids like this deserve the great opportunity that a high-quality, character-building education can help provide. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 They'll get special treatment by college administrators going forward to ensure that their "success" is not detailed by something as rayiss as a lack of academic ability. Then they'll get jobs. Hooboy! |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-01-11 07:38 |