Florida Passes Plan For Racially-Based Academic Goals

kluang · 10-16-2012, 02:16 AM

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/10/12...cademic-goals/

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Palm Beach, Fla. (CBS TAMPA) – The Florida State Board of Education passed a plan that sets goals for students in math and reading based upon their race.

On Tuesday, the board passed a revised strategic plan that says that by 2018, it wants 90 percent of Asian students, 88 percent of white students, 81 percent of Hispanics and 74 percent of black students to be reading at or above grade level. For math, the goals are 92 percent of Asian kids to be proficient, whites at 86 percent, Hispanics at 80 percent and blacks at 74 percent. It also measures by other groupings, such as poverty and disabilities, reported the Palm Beach Post.

The plan has infuriated many community activists in Palm Beach County and across the state.

“To expect less from one demographic and more from another is just a little off-base,” Juan Lopez, magnet coordinator at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Riviera Beach, told the Palm Beach Post.

JFK Middle has a black student population of about 88 percent.

“Our kids, although they come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, they still have the ability to learn,” Lopez said. “To dumb down the expectations for one group, that seems a little unfair.”

Others in the community agreed with Lopez’s assessment. But the Florida Department of Education said the goals recognize that not every group is starting from the same point and are meant to be ambitious but realistic.

As an example, the percentage of white students scoring at or above grade level (as measured by whether they scored a 3 or higher on the reading FCAT) was 69 percent in 2011-2012, according to the state. For black students, it was 38 percent, and for Hispanics, it was 53 percent.

In addition, State Board of Education Chairwoman Kathleen Shanahan said that setting goals for different subgroups was needed to comply with terms of a waiver that Florida and 32 other states have from some provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. These waivers were used to make the states independent from some federal regulations.

“We have set a very high goal for all students to reach in Florida,” Shanahan said.

But Palm Beach County School Board vice-chairwoman Debra Robinson isn’t buying the rationale.

“I’m somewhere between complete and utter disgust and anger and disappointment with humanity,” Robinson told the Post. She said she has been receiving complaints from upset black and Hispanic parents since the state board took its action this week.

Robinson called the state board’s actions essentially “proclaiming racism” and said she wants Palm Beach County to continue to educate every child with the same expectations, regardless of race.

wow, americans, just wow

kael03 · 10-16-2012, 02:24 AM

America, land of equality...if you're white (I'm white)

kluang · 10-16-2012, 02:48 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=p2EA2nA2ar0

kael03 · 10-16-2012, 02:57 AM

Pretty much how a lot of white, upper class (and some white trash) Americans think of other ethnicities. I'm not really surprised at this proposed plan, since blatant racism has become more prevalent in the past few years.

Dagoro · 10-16-2012, 08:32 AM

Women are next.

There is a silver lining resulting from these last few years. Delusions of grandeur, racism, disconnect spawned from poor income inequality among other vile things implanted in western society are coming to the surface and piercing the layer of BS that was created to keep the masses in a perpetual drool monkey state.

I can only hope that this kind of shit will wake some people up.

ACt · 10-16-2012, 09:05 AM

Wake up? Who can sleep with this sweet new iPhone they just released!!

stubborn_d0nkey · 10-16-2012, 04:02 PM

If they got the numbers algorithmically, I have nothing against this.

emachina · 10-17-2012, 07:19 AM

Ah, the joys of soft racism. Just remember, the next time they want to increase taxes for schools because it's "For the Children", ask them which percent? The percent you teach or the percent you don't have to care about anymore.

**Mal** · 10-18-2012, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by stubborn_d0nkey

If they got the numbers algorithmically, I have nothing against this.

Real world statistics are irrelevant. Even if it's "realistic" to expect different performance from different races, making a public statement of such goals only adds to the problem.

Vanity · 10-22-2012, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mal

Real world statistics are irrelevant. Even if it's "realistic" to expect different performance from different races, making a public statement of such goals only adds to the problem.

^This, holy shit. Social pressure, expectations and confidence all play into this, and if you tell people "you're not Asian or white, so you're just automatically going to do worse as a community," it does nothing to remedy an issue, it only helps create and cultivate them.

OG · 10-22-2012, 02:43 AM

so....................do asians get higher pay in florida?

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kael03 Aspiring Physicist Join Date: May 2010 Age: 27 Posts: 4,600 Thanks: 4,838 Thanked 8,532 Times in 3,782 Posts	Re: Florida Passes Plan For Racially-Based Academic Goals Pretty much how a lot of white, upper class (and some white trash) Americans think of other ethnicities. I'm not really surprised at this proposed plan, since blatant racism has become more prevalent in the past few years.

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Dagoro Daifunka Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Braving the New World. Posts: 8,718 Thanks: 71 Thanked 7,152 Times in 2,859 Posts	Re: Florida Passes Plan For Racially-Based Academic Goals Women are next. There is a silver lining resulting from these last few years. Delusions of grandeur, racism, disconnect spawned from poor income inequality among other vile things implanted in western society are coming to the surface and piercing the layer of BS that was created to keep the masses in a perpetual drool monkey state. I can only hope that this kind of shit will wake some people up. __________________

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