swamprat Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Just to prove the whole country has gone to hell. With this kind of thinking no wonder. In January, the Berkeley (Calif.) School Board began consideration of a near-unanimous recommendation of Berkeley High School's Governance Council to eliminate science labs from its curriculum, reasoning that the classes mostly serve white students, leaving less money for programs for underperforming minorities. Berkeley High's white students do far better academically than the state average; black and Latino students do worse than average. Five science teachers would be dismissed. [East Bay Express, 12-23-09] Stop the world I want to get off! Swamprat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99-100 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Just to prove the whole country has gone to hell. With this kind of thinking no wonder. In January, the Berkeley (Calif.) School Board began consideration of a near-unanimous recommendation of Berkeley High School's Governance Council to eliminate science labs from its curriculum, reasoning that the classes mostly serve white students, leaving less money for programs for underperforming minorities. Berkeley High's white students do far better academically than the state average; black and Latino students do worse than average. Five science teachers would be dismissed. [East Bay Express, 12-23-09] Stop the world I want to get off! Swamprat And "science" education in America already is sub standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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