[Durham INC] Proposal for Black Academy in Durham NC

[Joshua Allen]

Is this an all male academy or an academy for black and brown males?  I don't know anything about what is happening other than what is on the INC list. I am open to new ideas and think that Durham should be on the leading edge of improving our schools.   I do cringe when I see the email subject "Black Academy" because the title simply sounds racist. I understand the basic idea but using the right wording would help the cause. 

Where can we learn more about the effectiveness of placing students according to race and school performance?

--Joshua


On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:57 PM, "Tom Miller" <tom-miller1 at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I agree, but I want to know more about the all-male academy
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> From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Pat Carstensen
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 10:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Proposal for Black Academy in Durham NC
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> Look, the school board has said that the problem is that the resources that follow the kids don't match the needs the kids have.  The obvious solution is to work on getting the formula for state funding so the funding matches the needs.  As it is:
> 1) Charter schools siphon off more than their share of kids that are cheaper to teach
> 2) Charter schools politely say, "We can't meet your needs" for students that are really expensive to teach (e.g. the special needs child that gets a one-on-one adult to sit next to them all day long and thus costs 10 times the average student to keep in school).
> 3) We're just hiding the cost of counsellors, lower class sizes, and other extras for some of the students who would go to the proposed academy.  Wherever they are, the resources don't match their needs.
> 4) It makes it harder and harder to keep the kids who are cheaper to teach in the public schools because the extra cost for that one-on-one come out of the resource allocated to them.  What is the average size of an AP class in DPS? 
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> This is what you call a dangerously distorted market.
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> Regards, pat
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