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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/106727720496300.xml > ********************************** excerpt ************************** > Black public high school graduates in Louisiana who go on to college > are *TWICE_AS_LIKELY* as white or Asian students to *NEED_REMEDIAL > COURSEWORK*, according to a new report from the state Education > Department. > > (T)he finding offers *FURTHER_EVIDENCE* of a *NAGGING_PROBLEM* among > older students *DESPITE_SIX_YEARS* of public school *REFORM* in > Louisiana. > > In 2002, the year covered in the First-Time College Freshmen report, > 61 percent of black public school graduates took one or more remedial > class after entering one of the state's 31 public and private > universities. > > That compares with 28 percent of white graduates, 29 percent of > Asian graduates and 41 percent of Hispanic graduates. > > Similar *DISPARITIES* have been seen in results on *STANDARDIZED_TESTS* > such as the LEAP and Iowa tests. But the latest data is the first to > show *THE_GAP_EXISTS_AMONG_THE_MORE_SELECT_SET_OF_STUDENTS* who > *SEEK_HIGHER_DEGREES* [...] > ********************************************************************** > > DAFNz - What Mother_Nature hath genetically created *Inferior*... It because of raccism. Tyrone Amal
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