Black Only Schools Proposed

Do college-level African Studies programs churn out people who are unprepared for the real world?

In no way does one class compair to an entire school.
Strawman.

You can't solve all problems at once, and the problem of other people stereotyping these kids is obviously pretty low on the list for this community: their goal right now is just getting the kids to attend class and graduate at all. Before they can prepare them for the diversity of the real world, they have to ensure that they actually end up in the real world instead of, say, prison.

Wow, so racist I don't know where to start.
Others stereotyping the kids leads to a black only school for their pride and dropping out?
In poor white only schools they have problems with drop-out rates as well... it is about the culture not the tone of their skin.
How about separate bathrooms and pride fountains?
Would that help too?

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

In poor white only schools they have problems with drop-out rates as well... it is about the culture not the tone of their skin.

Yes, but what if black students drop out for a combination of the overall poor culture and a rejection of euro-centric material? If this could help a little it might have some potential.

How about separate bathrooms and pride fountains?
Would that help too?

Now that is a strawman....

Originally Posted by monster

What sort of things? My kids go to a magnet school and it rocks.

I'm not exactly sure but I have a friend that went to a magnet school and he absolutely hated it. He may have just gone to a really bad one too. I'll ask him more about it if you want?

Why can't there be black schools?

As a private school I have no problem as long as they are subject to the same laws as all other private schools.

[Aliantha]

But if it's private, then it can't be open to anyone, black, white or purple can it? Only those that can afford it, which would probably defeat the purpose.

Of course, a community funded private school would be totally different I suppose.

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=15935

Sure Ali, as long as the whites then get their own school too.

[monster]

The proposal isn't for a black ONLY school if you read the article properly. the headline is misleading.

[Cloud]

Some interesting ideas here, but I think it would be a step in the wrong direction.

Guh. Hope they aren't planning to teach in Ebonics.

[freshnesschronic]

Meh, sounds Afro-centric education, which would be intriguing. For years education has been The History of the West...and the Rest so it could have potential. Better yet why don't we just include an African focus in education, and how about an Asian focus in education, and then a Latin American focus and then... Nah that would solve our problems too easily. But I'm not Canadian, so it's up to them!

Team America World Police, aw shucks, here we go again...

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Meh, sounds Afro-centric education, which would be intriguing. For years education has been The History of the West...and the Rest so it could have potential. Better yet why don't we just include an African focus in education, and how about an Asian focus in education, and then a Latin American focus and then... Nah that would solve our problems too easily. But I'm not Canadian, so it's up to them!

Team America World Police, aw shucks, here we go again...

If you think there isn't enough asia-centric education... you must not have been to an asian school.
Schools are going to focus on the history of where they are, through the bias of where they are. Simple fact of life. Should americans complain that their revolution takes a much smaller seat in british education than british history does in american education? No, because until there was an america, british and american history are the same (not counting native americans).

[freshnesschronic]

Originally Posted by Ibram

If you think there isn't enough asia-centric education... you must not have been to an asian school.
Schools are going to focus on the history of where they are, through the bias of where they are. Simple fact of life. Should americans complain that their revolution takes a much smaller seat in british education than british history does in american education? No, because until there was an america, british and american history are the same (not counting native americans).

I haven't been to an Asian school because I live in America.

And to answer the rest of what you said: no shit.

[HungLikeJesus]

I'm working on an Indian Reservation this week and three of the schools are tribal schools. I don't know if non-Indians, or non-tribal members, are allowed to attend.

[Ibby]

Then what's the problem you have, again?

[Michaela]

This country is moving backwards.

[glatt]

Canada?

[Clodfobble]

Every school district uses the concept differently. Mine had the innovative idea of magically declaring the worst schools to be "magnet schools," but with a strong preference for kids in the neighborhood--so that the worst students would be forced to go somewhere else, and there would be an influx of good students to raise the average test scores in the bad schools. Made for a whole lot of mediocre schools, which I suppose is success from the superintendant's point of view.