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re: Mississippi Sued Over Unequal Education for Black Students
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:32 am to upgrayedd
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:32 am to upgrayedd
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I'll wager a million dollars that these parents have absolutely no involvement in their child's education
What an amazingly ignorant broad brush you have there.
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Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:34 am to SabiDojo
Here's what needs to happen.
When JPS has even worse test scores this year, the state needs to say enough. Call us racist, call us bigots, call us whatever, we are going to step in and fix the damn schools in Jackson.
Then go in, clean house and fix the damn schools. Remove tenure from every teacher. Set expectations and have consequences if they aren't met.
It amazes me that we have politicians in this state that are scared of being called racist for helping the children stuck in JPS but will say comments like "Louisiana politicians need to be lynched" for taking down Confederate monuments.
We are our own worst enemy in this damn state.
When JPS has even worse test scores this year, the state needs to say enough. Call us racist, call us bigots, call us whatever, we are going to step in and fix the damn schools in Jackson.
Then go in, clean house and fix the damn schools. Remove tenure from every teacher. Set expectations and have consequences if they aren't met.
It amazes me that we have politicians in this state that are scared of being called racist for helping the children stuck in JPS but will say comments like "Louisiana politicians need to be lynched" for taking down Confederate monuments.
We are our own worst enemy in this damn state.
This post was edited on 5/24/17 at 11:37 am
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:34 am to SabiDojo
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fixing Memphis's public schools
When did that happen? Just in the last 5 years Memphis City Schools surrendered their charter and had to have Shelby County take over.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:34 am to CunningLinguist
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We picked the area we chose to settle based almost entirely on the ISD. These people are free to move to whatever school district they want in MS
What a wonderful privilege to be able to afford to live wherever you choose. Hand picking the best ISD will definitely give your children a leg up on kids in the crappy ISDs.
You see how you accidentally validated the concerns of the parents in the OP?
This post was edited on 5/24/17 at 11:39 am
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:35 am to anc
The federal government is threatening to take over the schools.
It's that bad.
It's that bad.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:35 am to SabiDojo
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The leaders in Jackson are just going to bow to the poor constituents who want to place the blame on "the man". It's really sad.
They're always going to turn to some existential enemy despite the fact that they only have to look in the mirror for the real culprit. I'm sorry, but buck passing is very much a part of the black American culture and is the reason why they'll continue to languish in their own ineptitude.
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Tony Yarber, though flawed, at least knew taxes in Jackson needed to be raised. But he was swallowed by his own.
How so?
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:35 am to AUCE05
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Solution to that is inact a tax for people living out of city limits, but working in the city.
That would be great for the economy of Flowood/Resevoir, Ridgeland, Madison and maybe "Gluckstadt" if those knuckleheads will implement some zoning codes to ensure they become the next Clinton or Pearl.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:36 am to jchamil
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When did that happen? Just in the last 5 years Memphis City Schools surrendered their charter and had to have Shelby County take over.
Well, the guy we just fired was here for about 5 years so I guess the schools got shitty after he left.
ETA: I think I read your message wrong. His name was Cedrick Gray.
This post was edited on 5/24/17 at 11:38 am
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:36 am to Will Cover
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The SPLC notes that all of the 19 Mississippi school districts rated “F” have overwhelmingly black student bodies, while the state’s five highest-performing school districts are majority white.
Geeze, I wonder why that is.
Maybe if the people in charge of running those schools and the parents (or most likely parent) gave a damn, the schools wouldn't be so bad.
Sure let's give those schools more money, but lets audit the hell out of their book keeping and finances, etc.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:36 am to Will Cover
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The SPLC notes that all of the 19 Mississippi school districts rated “F” have overwhelmingly black student bodies, while the state’s five highest-performing school districts are majority white.
Apparently the SPLC never learned the basics of "cause and effect" back in school.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:36 am to SuperSaint
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Black folks all up in your wallet Cuz
FIFY
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:37 am to upgrayedd
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Students come and go as they please.
They don't need the SPLC, they need a fricking belt on an arse. The students need an arse beating, too.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:38 am to missloutiger
The mindset behind voting down the Adams County bond, per my inlaws, is that the schools can't do shite with what they have to work with so giving them more money is a waste.
It is a vote of no confidence in the people handling the money as much as anything.
It is a vote of no confidence in the people handling the money as much as anything.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:40 am to Will Cover
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on behalf of four African-American mothers with children in public elementary schools.
Well you knew the four baby daddies weren't going to get involved with anything having to do with their kids
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:41 am to c on z
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In some counties, how did it not at least start off that way with the segregation academies?
It's been over 50 years since segregation ended. That's easily two generations.
Look, here in BR, Scotlandville Magnet has one of the top engineering academies in the state. Yet the school has less than a 60% graduation rate.
The opportunities are there. Many of these students are failing themselves, and a lot the blame also falls on having families that can't or won't properly support them.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:41 am to Bmath
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I mean, that simply isn't true for a family that is poor as dirt.
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Why is it that poor as dirt immigrants come to our country to sacrifice and scrap to put their families in a better position, but so many people already living in poverty here seem to have little upward mobility?
Don't be naive.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:44 am to GetCocky11
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Don't be naive.
This is a discussion and I'm proposing a question.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:45 am to Bmath
"Posing," not "proposing."
Still, valid question.
Still, valid question.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:45 am to Will Cover
Mississippi actually has some of the least segregated public schools in the country. John Oliver does a piece on the most segregated schools are in the North, particularly NYC being by far the worst: LINK
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:45 am to GetCocky11
I was born and raised in NE MS, and the public education system up there was great. Everywhere else in MS is pretty meh
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