EduShyster here explicates the civil rights issue of our time.
She learned that the Feds were investigating the public schools of Fall River, Massachusetts, for their high suspension rate.
But, oh my, she discovered a group of schools with even higher suspension rates than Fall River.
Worse, these schools are highly segregated.
So suspension is bad in an integrated school but not bad if the school is segregated?
Help, please explain. Someone please.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Without a link, I can only speculate, but the most obvious reason would seem to be that the feds aren’t investigating Fall River schools because suspension rates are high, but because the suspension statistics indicate a discriminatory policy or practice. In an integrated school, it’s clear whether minorities are being suspended at a higher rate than whites. In a segregated school (assuming the segregation), you don’t have that comparison. Pretty simple.
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sorry, meant to say “assuming the segregation is extreme enough)”
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Sorry about the missing link. This happens far too often. I am grateful to readers who correct me. I read too much, write too much, post too often. But I feel a sense of urgency, as there is nowhere else that conveys the information you find on this blog. So I will continue to rely on readers to help me out.
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Revised numbers rate 99.5 percent of Alachua County teachers favorably
A couple of weeks ago, you covered Kim Cook of Gainesville, Fl, the Teacher of the Year who received an unsatisfactory rating under Florida’s new VAM system. Please check today’s local newspaper (_http://www.gainesville.com/article/20121217/articles/121219646)_ (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20121217/articles/121219646) It seems that the ‘statistical science’ imposed by the Florida DOE & touted by Governor Scott is an interesting ‘science’ indeed. Thank you, Sue Sandeen Gainesville, FL
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