Florida to use race in grading public schools

[superpatriotman]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-minority-standards-20121010,0,1527027.story


Florida's public school students will be judged in part by race and ethnicity, under new education benchmarks approved this week.

And that has created a firestorm in South Florida.

Opponents say setting higher goals for whites and Asians and lower goals for Latino and black groups is insulting and feeds stereotypes


More at link

[MrScorpio]

1. It's called giving up on minorities and relegating them to a lower caste

I hope that the fight over this will be epic.

[gollygee]

2. They need to work on teaching styles so they can help all students

Not give up on some of them.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. So the achievement gaps are the fault of the teachers?

Are you sure you want to go there here on DU?

[gollygee]

4. Probably more about the curriculum and set up of schools

I don't think it's the teachers, but maybe a bigger picture thing of educational style. The biggest issues are probably school funding (causing class sizes that are too large) and home environment (ie single parents working a couple of jobs), for all children but particularly for children who are in poorer districts.

[rachel1]

5. What happened to setting higher goals for ALL students regardless of race or ethnicity?

Is that too hard to implement or even consider?