California School Dropout Rate "Recalculated".....Nutty Fundie blames Teh Gays

[marmar]

from the American Family Association's OneNewsNow:



California high school dropout rate recalculated
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/22/2008 8:00:00 AM


California's high school dropout rate has been recalculated and the results are surprising.

For several years, California's Department of Education has been reporting a high school dropout rate ranging between three and 13 percent. However, Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute says the rate has been recalculated and found to be roughly 25 percent. "About a quarter of the students in high school now are found to drop out statewide in California -- and it's even more in certain urban areas and among certain urban demographic groups," he maintains.

Izumi admits the rate increase can be attributed to a number of reasons, but one is vital to those seeking change. "They don't get adequate preparation for their high school studies by the time they go through elementary and middle school," he points out.

According to Izumi, "the seeds of the dropout problem are sewn in earlier grades." He contends that if children are not properly taught reading, arithmetic, and other "core" material by high school age, their chances of dropping out increase because "they can't handle the material."

The California figure is now close to the national average, and Izumi believes education experts seeking change should use charter, private, and home schooling as models.

......and read one of the enlightened reader comments:

"You cannot blame them, look at what CA does to these kids. They are not concerned for teaching these kids school work, they are too busy FORCING the homo agenda being "normal" so who can blame these kids I would drop out too!!!"


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=186242

[barbtries]

1. will someone explain to me

what the fuck is the "homo agenda"?!

it's so pathetic - such ignorance, such baseless hatred.

[spinbaby]

2. It has something to do with show tunes

and decorating.

[rox63]

3. It's so pathetic that they forgot to inform any of the gay people about their supposed agenda

[TahitiNut]

5. It's about those gender-segregated showers and locker rooms!

They're putting those impressionable kids in situations where they can only pair up with others of their own gender! We MUST abolish that segregation IMMEDIATELY! Males and females MUST be allowed to shower and change clothes together like God intended!

[AlCzervik]

4. so the high teenage pregnancy rate in Texas must be because of gays as well, right?

that makes as much sense.

[DCKit]

6. Kinda' gives "homosexual panic" a whole new meaning.

Didn't he get the memo that they're not using the "boys kissing boys" tactic this year? They done wore it out in 2004 and nobody cares anymore - too busy trying to put food on their perfectly normal, heterosexual, Xian approved families.

[MadHound]

7. What I also find infuriating is how they blame the lower grades

Yes, there are bad teachers, and bad schools, but part of the blame for dropping out must also be put at the feet of parents, culture, and the students themselves. Laying it all on the lower grades is not giving an accurate reason for the dropout and unfairly blaming those who put their lives into a relatively thankless job, and year in and year out do an excellent job.

As far as the "homo agenda" curriculum, did I miss something on the way to getting my teaching degree? Maybe I missed that class EDU 391: Using the "Homo Agenda" to destroy and corrupt our youth:shrug: