Thomas Howell-
"We keep hearing that “black lives matter,” but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians to get votes, or when that slogan helps demagogues demonize the police. The other 99 percent of black lives destroyed by people who are not police do not seem to attract nearly as much attention in the media.
We have heard a lot about black students’ failing to meet academic standards. So you might think that it would be front-page news when some schools not only meet, but exceed, the academic standards of schools in more-upscale communities.
Only 39 percent of all students in New York state schools who were tested recently scored at the “proficient” level in math, but 100 percent of the students at the Crown Heights Success Academy school scored at that level in math. Blacks and Hispanics are 90 percent of the students in the Crown Heights Success Academy.
The Success Academy schools in general ranked in the top 2 percent in English and in the top 1 percent in math. Hispanic students in these schools reached the “proficient” level in math nearly twice as often as Hispanic students in the regular public schools. Black students in these Success Academy schools reached the “proficient” level more than twice as often as black students in the regular public schools."
What about black success? Does that matter? Apparently not so much."
If you talk to an average liberal democrat about charter schools, they will most likely parrot back the same talking points touted by MSNBC, Huffington Post and DeBlasio as to how charters siphon money away from public school kids, discriminate against students who need special education and ELL's, line the pockets of wall street investors and deny teachers a living wage, pension and tenure.
Yet, you never hear about how these innovative school models are single handedly altering the life path of black and hispanic boys in poor neighborhoods throughout America by employing strategies in direct opposition to our failing traditional public schools-strict discipline, traditional curriculum emphasizing literature, sciences, history and mathematics, personal accountability for student success from all teachers, administrators, parents and students, and proactive intervention to support students before they can fail (as opposed to the traditional and asinine model of remediation or worse, special education and prison).
Which leads me back to my original question-
http://www.ebony.com/news-views/education/butler-prep-christopher-goins#axzz4i3DipAGm
http://madamenoire.com/108405/six-african-american-high-schools-that-can-get-100-of-seniors-accepted-to-college/
http://excellenceboys.uncommonschools.org/excellence-boys/our-school/elementary-academy/academics
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