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Reading Scores, 2003, 4th and 8th Grades
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard...03/2004459.pdf
2003 NAEP Public Schools Avg Reading Scores Grade 4 Grade 8 White Black White Black Nation 227 197 270 244 Large Cities 226 193 268 241 Atlanta 250 191 TS 237 Boston 225 202 273 245 Charlotte 237 205 278 247 Chicago 224 193 265 243 Cleveland 208 191 250 238 Dist Columbia 254 184 TS 236 Houston 235 201 270 244 Los Angeles 217 187 266 233 New York City 231 201 270 245 San Diego 231 196 269 236 TS - Sample size too small |
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BroJack wrote:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard...03/2004459.pdf 2003 NAEP Public Schools Avg Reading Scores Grade 4 Grade 8 White Black White Black Nation 227 197 270 244 Large Cities 226 193 268 241 Atlanta 250 191 TS 237 Boston 225 202 273 245 Charlotte 237 205 278 247 Chicago 224 193 265 243 Cleveland 208 191 250 238 Dist Columbia 254 184 TS 236 Houston 235 201 270 244 Los Angeles 217 187 266 233 New York City 231 201 270 245 San Diego 231 196 269 236 TS - Sample size too small ------------------- Symptoms of oppression and racism, where in your vicious stupidity and ignorance you imagine causes. Steve |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:24:51 GMT, "R. Steve Walz"
wrote: BroJack wrote: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard...03/2004459.pdf 2003 NAEP Public Schools Avg Reading Scores Grade 4 Grade 8 White Black White Black Nation 227 197 270 244 Large Cities 226 193 268 241 Atlanta 250 191 TS 237 Boston 225 202 273 245 Charlotte 237 205 278 247 Chicago 224 193 265 243 Cleveland 208 191 250 238 Dist Columbia 254 184 TS 236 Houston 235 201 270 244 Los Angeles 217 187 266 233 New York City 231 201 270 245 San Diego 231 196 269 236 TS - Sample size too small ------------------- Symptoms of oppression and racism, where in your vicious stupidity and ignorance you imagine causes. Steve Actually symptoms of apathy. BroJack |
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"BroJack" wrote in message
news.com... http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard...03/2004459.pdf 2003 NAEP Public Schools Avg Reading Scores Grade 4 Grade 8 White Black White Black Nation 227 197 270 244 Large Cities 226 193 268 241 Atlanta 250 191 TS 237 Boston 225 202 273 245 Charlotte 237 205 278 247 Chicago 224 193 265 243 Cleveland 208 191 250 238 Dist Columbia 254 184 TS 236 Houston 235 201 270 244 Los Angeles 217 187 266 233 New York City 231 201 270 245 San Diego 231 196 269 236 TS - Sample size too small The reason for this is because of racists like you. Racism reduces opportunities, which causes poverty and despair, which leads to problems like crime, malnutrition, domestic violence, delinquency, alcoholism, drug abuse, all of which have a negative effect on educational achievement. -- Peacenik |
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:24:18 GMT, "Peacenik"
wrote: "BroJack" wrote in message tnews.com... http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard...03/2004459.pdf 2003 NAEP Public Schools Avg Reading Scores Grade 4 Grade 8 White Black White Black Nation 227 197 270 244 Large Cities 226 193 268 241 Atlanta 250 191 TS 237 Boston 225 202 273 245 Charlotte 237 205 278 247 Chicago 224 193 265 243 Cleveland 208 191 250 238 Dist Columbia 254 184 TS 236 Houston 235 201 270 244 Los Angeles 217 187 266 233 New York City 231 201 270 245 San Diego 231 196 269 236 TS - Sample size too small The reason for this is because of racists like you. Racism reduces opportunities, which causes poverty and despair, which leads to problems like crime, malnutrition, domestic violence, delinquency, alcoholism, drug abuse, all of which have a negative effect on educational achievement. -- Peacenik Here's some more despair from de mutha country: EXCERPT: in 1999 South Africa had 121 murders and 119 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with Colombia’s 69 and 6 respectively (and the United States’ 5 and 32) EXCERPT: South Africa has seen the rise of vigilante groups filling the void left by an incompetent (affirmative action, again – one third of policemen are functionally illiterate) and violent police – who between 1997 and 2000 killed 1,550 people, compared with 2,700 killed by the apartheid regime in 30 years. EXCERPT: South Africa has the world’s largest number of persons living with HIV/AIDS: 5 million of its 44 million citizens are HIV-positive. Only 42 million are infected worldwide [snip] But Mbeki has repeatedly stated that he did not believe the "thesis" that AIDS is caused by HIV, or that it is a virus at all. _____________________ http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles...le.asp?ID=5979 South Africa: The Downside of Liberation By Michael Radu FrontPageMagazine.com | February 6, 2003 [snip] Yes, Mandela implemented an aggressive affirmative action policy once he took office—which slowed down the economy. His government established a criminal law code on the European model – abolition of the death penalty, excessive rights for accused criminals, etc., with destructive results. South Africa today competes with civil war–torn Colombia for the dubious distinction of being the world’s most crime-ridden country. Interpol’s International Crime Statistics say it all: in 1999 South Africa had 121 murders and 119 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with Colombia’s 69 and 6 respectively (and the United States’ 5 and 32). The trends are no more encouraging considering that in 1994 the world’s average murder rate was 5.5 per 100,000, compared to South Africa’s 45. In such circumstances, and with a slow justice system, which only produces a 10 percent conviction rate, South Africa has seen the rise of vigilante groups filling the void left by an incompetent (affirmative action, again – one third of policemen are functionally illiterate) and violent police – who between 1997 and 2000 killed 1,550 people, compared with 2,700 killed by the apartheid regime in 30 years. The high crime rates, and a decline in educational standards, led to a massive emigration of white professionals to the United States, UK, Canada, and Australia. A 1998 poll of 11,000 skilled professionals suggested that 74 percent wanted to emigrate – with then-president Mandela responding with "Good riddance" to them. The problem is that not just professionals leave South Africa – major corporations also moved out, including mining giant Anglo American Co. and South African Breweries, both of which are now headquartered in London. [snip] When it comes to African opinions at the UN, Pretoria also prefers to side with the worst. Libya for chairmanship of the UN Human Rights Commission? Yes, said Pretoria, and so did the rest of the African bloc. Support Mugabe’s "right" to be invited to Lisbon for the EU-African Summit? Yes again, at the cost of billions of dollars in aid to Africa. Mandela’s ideological legacy seems to be alive in Pretoria’s international behavior. None of this should come as a surprise. The once dominant South African National Defense Force (SANDF) is now only a shadow of its past self, largely as a result of budget cuts and affirmative action, which put former ANC terrorist thugs and gang members in charge and led to a massive exodus of white and colored (mixed race) officers. Since elections in South Africa are largely decided by race, the ANC is, for all practical purposes, the only political party that matters, and the distribution of power is decided by intra-party debates, rather than be negotiations with the largely ineffective opposition. President Mbeki has a problem with his own ANC party, specifically with Nelson Mandela’s former wife, Winnie. Mrs. Mandela is the loose cannon of the ANC. A convicted torturer and felon and thoroughly corrupt, she remains a very popular figure with black South African youths and was repeatedly elected to the ANC leadership. The disturbing thing here is not so much Winnie’s criminality, awful as it is, as the general decline of South Africa’s judiciary, which is becoming increasingly more "African" and less and less Western. Finally, there are Mr. Mbeki’s autocratic style and personal beliefs – such as those regarding AIDS. South Africa has the world’s largest number of persons living with HIV/AIDS: 5 million of its 44 million citizens are HIV-positive. Only 42 million are infected worldwide (Anne-Marie O’Connor, "S. Africa Has Doubts on U.S. AIDS Proposal," Los Angeles Times, 1/30/03). But Mbeki has repeatedly stated that he did not believe the "thesis" that AIDS is caused by HIV, or that it is a virus at all. Until last week, he even resisted making available, at foreign subsidized prices, the anti-retroviral drugs that have proven effective in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (South Africa already has 660,000 AIDS orphans.) Considering that South Africa has the only real health care system in sub-Saharan Africa, such an attitude is nothing short of suicidal for the region. |
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