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To: Michael M who wrote (68935)	12/27/1999 10:54:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>>>>the Washington Post has a great reference available on-line with tons of depressing info about DC area schools<<<<< Just wanted to point out that Fairfax, which is in the DC metro area, has better SAT scores than the national average. Here is a table broken down by race, 1997-98. fcps.k12.va.us And one that's not, from 1994-1998. fcps.k12.va.us What conclusions can you draw? I continue to say, it depends on the question. Here's the 1999 scores for all the local jurisdictions. washingtonpost.com If you compare the scores for DC (majority black) with the black scores for Fairfax, you'll see a big difference. Which suggests to me that race isn't the problem, it's the schools. Good public schools do better than bad ones. Duh.

To: Michael M who wrote (68935)	12/28/1999 12:41:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

FWIW, the Washington Post has a great reference available on-line with tons of depressing info about DC area schools. Plenty of evidence that money doesn't solve the problems. The problem is simple. Parents. That's it. Parents who aren't willing to do what is necessary for their children to learn. Like read to them. Turn off the TV. Make them do their homework. When a teacher has the kids for an hour a day and the parent has them for 16 hours a day and all weekend, if the parents won't do their job, no matter how good the teacher is it isn't enough. Not that every teacher is great. But if kids want to learn and their parents do what is necessary to make them learn, they can learn even from a mediocre teacher. Sure it would be great to have nothing but wonderful teachers. Like it would be wonderful to have nothing but great politicians, or dentists, or software engineers, or customer support people. But it ain't gonna happen. Half of everybody in the U.S. graduated in the bottom half of their class. The've got to work somewhere. Some become dentists, some software engineers, some teachers. So it falls back on the parents. That's where the buck started, that's where the buck stops.