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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

  would you be concerned if it was?

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  Simon you just love to get a nasty comment in. Oh well I guess that is your nature lol
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

  would you be concerned if it was?

  why would you be concerned?.

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  I admittedly have trouble relating to the problems of inner city schools. I was raised in a relatively affluent community in a area where schools where top notch. The school system I attended even had it's own broadcast tv station way back in the 70's. My only educational handicap was being the child of Jehovah's witnesses. My own children where raised in a suburban area with good schools. It sounds to me like it is not so much underfunded schools it is distracted , unprepared and unsupported students. I was looking at New York expenditure per pupil. It is the highest in the country. unsurprisingly they scored third in student performance. However the correlation between how much is spent per pupil is not directly correlated with student achievement. Look at Alaska they spend the third highest of any state per pupil. Student achievement in Alaska ranks 4th worst of any state.
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

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  why would you be concerned?.

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  Great teacher , I find what you say very interesting. It would seem that poorly educated children grow up to have poorly educated children due to economics. In other words if you do not have education success it is far less likely for your career to afford you the opportunity to get out of deprived neighborhoods. Hence, your children will not get the best education possible. You say they are tired, unprepared, and preoccupied. How do we change this vicious cycle? I am not convinced throwing money at the problem will remedy it. I have some teaching experience, but it was limited to the graduate level with very motivated students. I am curious how you would solve the inequality of the educational experience. You have far more expertise in the education of children.
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

  by recovering in

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

  would you be concerned if it was?

  why would you be concerned?.

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  Can you see how segregating of those 5 children out of a diverse class can limit the educational experience of all the children in the school?What of the children who are nonminorities? Can you see how not being exposed can limit their understanding of minority culture and viewpoints? Would not integrated classes allow for better understanding of each other among all pupils?
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

  by recovering in

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

  would you be concerned if it was?

  why would you be concerned?.

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  Thank you for the link silentbuddha
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

  by recovering in

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

  would you be concerned if it was?

  why would you be concerned?.

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  Actually I would love to read it. Can you give me a link please.

  can you also explain how even if minorities where able to set up these economically segregated zones that they would be able to protect themselves from the same fate you alluded to occurring to these other black comunities?

  Simon I was in fact demonstrating that as I previously stated both liberals and conservatives have much to answer for. To bad you conveniently ignored my statement.

  Just to be clear Simon you support segregation in education?
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

  by recovering in

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

  would you be concerned if it was?

  why would you be concerned?.

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  Crazy guy I agree that education in the U.S. has gone down in its quality. I question whether throwing money at the problem is a solution however. Perhaps education needs an overhaul? I really do not know.
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

  by recovering in

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

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  My pointing out the problems minority students experience even in private schools, illustrates that even when parents attempt to leave failing public schools there are barriers to quality education. How do solve this issue? I think we all agree that education is the key to combating poverty and crime.
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

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  Hmm interesting reference to black wall street, however wasn't this community the exception to the rule? Where not most minority communities economically disadvantaged?

  As far as Marcus Harvey is concerned his political beliefs where actually closely allied with the KKK. He in fact says so himself.

  "Garvey recognized the influence of the Ku Klux Klan and, after the Black Star Line was closed, sought to engage the South in his activism, since the UNIA now lacked a specific program. In early 1922, he went to Atlanta for a conference with KKK imperial giant Edward Young Clarke, seeking to advance his organization in the South. Garvey made a number of incendiary speeches in the months leading up to that meeting; in some, he thanked the whites for Jim Crow.[34] Garvey once stated: "I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together. I like honesty and fair play. You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying."[24]"
  
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  Do you think that race is a factor in education in the U.S.

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  i was wondering if racial bias is a factor in u.s. education?.

  would you be concerned if it was?

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  Slim boy the question refers to the quality of education and access to it it.