[extropy-chat] it's all understandable, except

[Al Brooks]

Yes, and it could be America is too large for the
problem to be solved, it can only perhaps be lessened.
What I wonder is: can it be one reason student
performance is overall pretty low is because teachers
and administrators not only inflate grades but also
don't want to flunk ethnic students? One hesitates to
write this, however if too many ethnics washed out of
the system it would not only look extremely bad, but
also the students, families, and activists would
deeply resent all the flunking and seek revenge.
Let's be frank-- America is a complicated, overheated
ethnic stew-pot, and such undoubtedly affects the
school system.



> The US public education system is highly erratic. 
> There is very
> little centralization....  So, some public school
> systems are great,
> some are miserable, most are OK.
> 


 
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