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To: LindyBill who wrote (1671)	5/30/2003 12:11:40 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793817

Well, we can certainly comment about it. First comment. The article was in The National Review. Thus, the source of the numbers would have to be checked extremely carefully. They certainly have an agenda on this issue and those numbers support the agenda. Check them out. Second comment. The causes of weak public schools in minority urban neighborhoods are not global like "Unions and Bureaucracy" but specific such as the absent minded, at best, federal policy on those areas. The last time presidential campaigns put those kinds of areas front and center were in the 60s. Partly that's a consequence of the rural character of the early party primaries, partly a consequence of the rightward swing of American politics (rightward meaning lack of attention to minority voters), etc. We just don't buy one another's points of view. We can keep this up but at some point we are going to need numbers that can stand up to serious criticism. The variables which produce the numbers will remain in contention.