Happy Thursday to you.
I hope you have a wonderful and properous day. Today, I am completing my research with regard to Asians vs. Blacks, in education. Why is it Asians excel in education, and most Black children fail?
Black Americans:
"Black males in Michigan have the lowest high school graduation rate in the country, according to new University of Michigan research.
Only 33 percent of black males in the state complete high school. In contrast, white males in Michigan have a 74 percent graduation rate, according to UM?s Black Male Project .
?Researchers, policy makers and educators increasingly acknowledge that low K-12 academic performance, high school completion and higher education participation levels for African-American males represent a national crisis,? Rowley said in a statement. ?National data reveal that African-American male students are underperforming at alarming rates across the K-12 educational pipeline as well as in their college attendance and completion rates.?
Rowley, an assistant professor of higher education and Afroamerican and African studies at UM, said the project is designed to examine the factors that contribute to the crisis of black males and education.
?We plan to highlight the variation in black-male background characteristics and attitudes that affect their overall achievement and college aspirations,? he said. ?We also strive to highlight strategies and interventions to mediate these factors.?
Rowley believes that the poor statistics reflect the negative self-image black men have toward their academic efficacy. Public schools should work closely with UM to match educated black men mentors with K-12 students, he said.
Student achievement gaps need to be aggressively addressed. For example, the percentage of Blacks age 25 and older with a high school diploma or more was 72 percent in the 2000 census, compared to 85.5 percent for Whites. In addtion, the percentage of Blacks with bachelor's degrees or more was 14 percent, compared to 27 percent of Whites." (University of Michigan raises awareness of education gap for black males By Dustin Walsh)
"Closing achievement gaps is a critical issue. The performance of Blacks is systematically different from that of other racial and ethnic groups. Decreasing gaps in student achievement means that we must increase the learning gains of Blacks. This will require the creation of public policies and legislation that support public schools committed to identifying and setting high, worthwhile, and attainable goals for students and ensuring that teachers and students are supported in these efforts. It will also require meaningful collaboration among community organizations and leaders, parents, and the school. The success of the school must become the success of the community.
There is a need to increase diversity and cultural competence in the teaching workforce. Recruiting and retaining teachers of color is important, as some children of color will go through their entire educational career without having a teacher who looks like them or who can identify with the uniqueness of their cultural heritage.
Adequate and equitable resources are important to the future success and development of Black students. Far too often, Black students—males in particular—are unnecessarily placed in special education classes, while the number of Black students who take honors and advanced courses remains significantly below that of other groups. School funding structures that lead to under-funding and under-resourcing our neediest schools have furthered the achievement gaps. All students deserve a quality public education, and this can only occur when we close the gaps in equity and access."(NEA: Blacks, Education Issues)
Comparative Analysis:
While it is clear that most Asians do better than Caucasians with regard to education, the question is why? It is also clear that Asians value education, and place a high degree of expectation on it. They believe that whatever it takes to achieve a quality education, at the expense of pleasure must be done. The Asians understand that you can play more when you have worked at the forefront.
The Black culture is completely different. Most Black people emphasize a "good time" before hardwork, and education success. When some Black children spend more time studying, other Black children try to publically embarrass them by saying..."they talk white". Now, I did know that intelligence have a color on it. Basically, in essence, the children are saying. "Black Ebonics, which is really ignorance covered up as accepted speech and speaking proper English is White, which is more intelligent, is more accepted in the Black community. Why? Could it be because most of the Black children are really illiterate?
Think about this:
If my speach patterns are incomplete sentences, improper enunciation of words, slang, and down right ignorance, I speak acceptance Black speech. But if I pronouce my words correctly, speak in complete sentences, and even know how to spell most, if not all of the words that I use, I speak like a "White person"? Are you real, or am I on candid camera? I am saying that Black people who think that ignorance is acceptable need to be reprogrammed.
There is clearly a reason why most Black children fail in school. Only a fool does the same thing over and over again, and expect a different result. So I ask....Black people....what are you doing to actually make changes in education? hmm...the same thing? THINK about it.
Have a great day,
L. for Love
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