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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Richard S who wrote (503960)	12/5/2003 10:17:01 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

People misunderestimate Junior's educational program in Texas. When he talks about a left behind, that is what he expects to kick on any of those uppity immigrants. nytimes.com <font color=maroon>Ms. Arevelo said. "I thought I was getting a good education. I was shocked."</font> <font color=navy>Houston school officials acknowledge that the progress in the elementary grades peters out in high school. About 13,600 eighth graders in 1998 dwindled to fewer than 8,000 high school graduates. Though 88 percent of Houston's student body is black and Latino, only a few hundred minority students leave high school "college ready," according to state figures.</font> <font color=maroon> In one way or another, Jo Arevelo, Rosa's mother, has watched each of her children struggle through an educational system that was focused tightly on producing high test scores on state exams.</font> TP