This piece of news in the Dispatch of today highlights the success of a new kind of special public education in Missouri addressed mainly to black and African-American students with focus on African culture and values. According to the piece, the Missouri example follows the success of similar successful projects in Detroit, Kansas City and Los Angeles. Kinda reminds of specialized schools and institutions around Nigeria offering American-type or British-style education. With a widening achievement gap between white and African-American students, and research showing that the gap is not as much a gap of intelligence as it is a gap in teachers being able to address students’ needs, maybe this is not such a bad idea.
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Chris at http://YourWebsite
More division and lack of unity in American schools under the guise of multiculturalism. What about students of other races? Are they allowed to attend the school?
Posted at August 21, 2011 on 5:25pm.
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Kola at http://www.ktravula.com
I’ve suspected since reading the piece that opposition to it will come in the form of a call for homogenization. The fact however is that America is already multicultural. It doesn’t need this school to prove it. Besides, if the result of such “unity” in American schools has consistently been poor performance by a class of people, then maybe it won’t hurt to try something else.
And to answer your question, I sincerely hope that students of other races are allowed to attend too, or it won’t make sense as a public endeavour.
Posted at August 21, 2011 on 5:30pm.