March 24, 2010

Demands for Equal Outcomes

[From Article]
"90 percent of the differences among the proficiency of schools can be explained by five factors: days absent from school, hours spent watching TV, pages read for homework, the quantity and quality of reading matter in the home — and the presence of two parents in the home.[. . .]
71.6 percent of African-American children and 51.3 percent of Latino children are born to unmarried women."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/mad_crusade_fUG9ez9CffnQUU0mY4a74M

A mad crusade
Racial quotas for AP courses?
New York Post
Last Updated: 3:29 AM, March 22, 2010
George F. Will

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