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To: one_less who wrote (700252)	2/21/2013 6:18:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578962

I am aware of schools that are sub-standard and they are typically in the poorer urban communities ... but the cause is not funding which is adequate. Your claims are remarkable but not supportable by facts. Huh? Okay. Why are they sub standard? There are a lot of factors that do contribute to substandard achievement. But I know it is a waste of key strokes to present that information to you. In colorado the urban schools get the worst results like in most states. Denver has a huge tax base with the worst results. The small towns get the best graduation results, not the rich suburban areas of the metro- area. Denver County is the worst in Colorado: Minorities in Denver? Mixed race children are doing better than any specific race. Asians are doing better than Whites, then Blacks, then Hispanic, then Hawiian, then Native American Indian. Females are doing better than their male counterparts except in the Hispanic sector. When you get out of the Denver Urban sector some of those race statistics (like Native American Indian) totally reverse. I wasn't talking about achievement stats. You claim that we are spending too much money on education. Where is the money going? Teachers get lousy salaries and inner city schools are substandard. I look forward to your explanation.