Should Educational Goals Be Based on Race?
Florida joins D.C. and Virginia in creating educational benchmarks based on racial subgroups.
In addition to its budget concerns, the Florida Board of Education is taking some heat for its plan (see starting on page 11) that sets goals for students in math and reading based upon their race. According to CBS News, by 2018, the Florida BOE plan would have 74 percent of African-American grade school students at (or above) grade level in reading; 81 percent of Hispanic students are expected to reach grade level (or above) in reading and further ethnic breakdown puts expectations of 82 percent of American Indian students, 88 percent of white and 90 percent of Asian students at (or above) grade level. For math proficiency: 74 percent of African-American students, 80 percent Hispanic, 81 percent American Indian, 86 percent white and 92 …
John B
2:46 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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