| | This sentence struck me as a bit out of place: ''But the "percentage of white children enrolled in America's public schools -- 60 percent in 2001-2002 -- is 7 percentage points less than a decade before, according to the National Center for Education Statistics."<ref>Kevin Drew, "Today's battle in classrooms: Resegregation," CNN.com (May 15, 2004).</ref>'' Does this mean that fewer of America's white kids are enrolled in public schools, or that fewer of the kids enrolled in public schools are white? And what is the point being made here? If the goal is to provide statistics on the racial makeup in schools, it would be better to provide a broader picture of who, race-wise, is going to public school. If the goal is to show a trend over time, the statistic should be phrased more clearly. Either way, since this is from a web site, a URL would be useful so that readers can see the statistic in context. And why the "But" at the beginning of the sentence? BTW, I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just having a "blonde" moment - I don't see what this statistic is getting at. | | This sentence struck me as a bit out of place: ''But the "percentage of white children enrolled in America's public schools -- 60 percent in 2001-2002 -- is 7 percentage points less than a decade before, according to the National Center for Education Statistics."<ref>Kevin Drew, "Today's battle in classrooms: Resegregation," CNN.com (May 15, 2004).</ref>'' Does this mean that fewer of America's white kids are enrolled in public schools, or that fewer of the kids enrolled in public schools are white? And what is the point being made here? If the goal is to provide statistics on the racial makeup in schools, it would be better to provide a broader picture of who, race-wise, is going to public school. If the goal is to show a trend over time, the statistic should be phrased more clearly. Either way, since this is from a web site, a URL would be useful so that readers can see the statistic in context. And why the "But" at the beginning of the sentence? BTW, I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just having a "blonde" moment - I don't see what this statistic is getting at. |
| | + | : It's CNN's statistic, noting the rather sharp drop in the ethnic composition of public schools. There appears to be "white flight," not from cities to suburbs, but away from [[public schools]] altogether. CNN thought this fact to be important enough to report, and I don't see any objection to including it here. |
| | + | : One conclusion is that while mostly white [[liberals]] are dictating what is taught in [[public schools]], they are sending their kids to private schools in larger percentages than anyone else. Meanwhile, the victims of their [[liberal]] propaganda are actually minorities.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:31, 2 November 2007 (EDT) |