louisiana skool voucher program reveals uncomfortable truths

[cheka.]

it not da skoolz, it not da teacherz, it be da studentz {--->)()\{--->)

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2018/04/24/louisiana-vouchers-have-led-to-big-drops-in-test-scores-but-they-also-might-boost-college-enrollment/

Students who won a school voucher in Louisiana to attend their top-ranked private high school were 6 percentage points more likely to enroll in college than students who lost the lottery, according to a new study.

Voucher recipients, who were lower-income and largely black, saw enrollment rates rise from 54 percent to 60 percent, the study estimates.

The findings are reasonably good news for voucher supporters, who recently had to confront huge drops in test scores because of Louisiana’s program. Still, the results were not statistically significant — meaning the researchers can’t confidently say that the voucher made the difference.

Previous research on student achievement in the initial years of the program was decidedly negative. It found that students in elementary and middle school who won a voucher saw their test scores decline sharply. By year three of the program, some students had bounced back, but not others.

[cheka.]

maybe they can become lawyers. univ of Houston has a special program.....for free + money for weed and weaves

https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2018/05/01/entering-its-fourth-year-the-award-winning-university-of-houstons-pre-law-center-is-just-getting-started/?slreturn=20180402012621

Studying for his undergraduate engineering courses at the University of Houston was boring—a real chore—and he couldn’t see himself in the field for the rest of his life. Then an African-American studies course made him realize his true passion was fighting for justice and helping the black community.

But how?

That question lead him to enroll in an innovative, intense diversity program at the University of Houston Law Center, unprecedented among Texas law schools and rare among nationwide law schools, which has won national accolades from diversity advocates.

“I just went to learn about the legal field, and I came out knowing [and] fighting for justice as an attorney was my purpose,” Henry said.

“It’s our responsibility to the profession, to make sure it has a wide swath of people,” he explained. “The most important thing is that they go to law school. I don’t care where they want to go to law school—I just want them to pursue their dreams, and achieve their dreams.”

She said that 49 percent of her students are black, and 34 percent are Hispanic. Seventy percent of the students come from Texas, and the rest come from all over the United States—New York, Georgia, Iowa, Miami, Oklahoma and more.

Students in the first track can get free tuition and room and board and a $1,000 stipend. The track teaches students about law school, allows them to network with attorneys, and requires them to take law school courses taught by Houston Law professors. There’s also a three-week legal internship at legal employers like Bracewell, Greenberg Traurig, Lone Star Legal Aid, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office and more.

The second track, open to undergraduate seniors, has a laser focus to help students prepare their law school applications: They craft resumes, personal statements or diversity statements and study for the LSAT for the entire eight-week program. Unlike the first track, second-track students must pay $2,500 for tuition, materials and room and board. There are scholarships and financial aid to help students pay

[cheka.]

despite the majority of the budget spent to 'close the gap' --- Arkansas numbers reveal more truth

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/apr/10/in-study-state-s-black-white-gap-wideni-1/

In study, Arkansas' black-white gap widening on test scores

[cheka.]

ridiculous amounts of money and time are spent on 'closing the gap' ---- yet nothing

http://www.greensboro.com/townnews/education/walter-williams-test-scores-reveal-educational-fraud-from-k-to/article_04af41fd-ec48-5fd1-961a-48141c26bd39.html

Earlier this month, the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka The Nation’s Report Card, was released. It’s not a pretty story. Only 37 percent of 12th-graders tested proficient or better in reading, and only 25 percent did so in math.


Among black students, only 17 percent tested proficient or better in reading, and just 7 percent reached at least a proficient level in math.


The atrocious NAEP performance is only a fraction of the bad news. Nationally, our high school graduation rate is more than 80 percent. That means high school diplomas, which attest that these students can read and compute at a 12th-grade level, are conferred when 63 percent are not proficient in reading and 75 percent are not proficient in math. For black students, the news is worse.

Roughly 75 percent of black students received high school diplomas attesting that they could read and compute at the 12th-grade level.

However, 83 percent could not read at that level, and 93 percent could not do math at that level. It’s grossly dishonest for the education establishment and politicians to boast about unprecedented graduation rates when the high school diplomas, for the most part, do not represent academic achievement. At best, they certify attendance.

[latemetal1]

I damn sure would have applied for a voucher out of the ghetto schools I attended, public schools are "forced" to keep nasty kids in school when they should be in juvie hall.

[cheka.]

I damn sure would have applied for a voucher out of the ghetto schools I attended, public schools are "forced" to keep nasty kids in school when they should be in juvie hall.

you are not invited -- it's a lottery....a rigged lottery to put blacks in private skoolz (the exact place where the good parents put their kids to get away from them)

Students who won a school voucher in Louisiana to attend their top-ranked private high school were 6 percentage points more likely to enroll in college than students who lost the lottery, according to a new study.

Voucher recipients, who were lower-income and largely black

[Neuro]

Perhaps there should be a lottery system at courts? After these black lawyers graduate, from their law for absolute negroes programs, they may feel racist oppression in the court system because their clients get guilty verdicts much more often than their white colleagues... A lottery with a get out of jail free card to a percentage of the clients of these lawyers should make it more just. Get rid of the inherent racism in the justice system. Of course a higher percentage of black convicts should get out of jail free cards too, so that prisons have racial populations, that are equal to the general population mix.

See if you just have the will power racism can be stamped out of society. Trayvon could have been a successful lawyer by now!

[Horn]

ridiculous amounts of money and time are spent on 'closing the gap' ---- yet nothing

tptb tried that for a while in Detroit then dropped the project and went to Mexico/China

There its one child imprisonment or a cartel.