tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post6572636675074346268..comments2023-07-03T05:58:37.124-07:00Comments on THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: A Real CrisisThe Perimeter Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-36983964051413499172011-07-05T15:17:01.168-07:002011-07-05T15:17:01.168-07:00http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/job-crisis...http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/job-crisis-black-unemployment-rates<br /><br />"What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Jobs" by Andy Kroll, 7/5/2011<br /><br />EXCERPT:<br />"The unemployment lines run through history like a pair of train tracks. Since the 1940s, the jobless rate for blacks in America has held remarkably, if grimly, steady at twice the rate for whites. The question of why has vexed and divided economists, historians, and sociologists for nearly as long."The Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-46732956626629878502009-12-02T16:47:07.911-08:002009-12-02T16:47:07.911-08:00You can view a graph of dropout rates differences ...You can view a graph of dropout rates differences by race and ethnicity from 1972 to 2005 at http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/figures/1-figure-1.gif<br /><br />The figures correlate with those from the Kirwan Institute study.<br /><br />Sorry, I don’t see a dropout “crisis” there, either – only a steady decline in the rates over time.The Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-49155430997815470422009-12-02T16:29:00.708-08:002009-12-02T16:29:00.708-08:00Just in case you’re curious, the report states it ...Just in case you’re curious, the report states it obtained the educational attainment figures from the following two sources:<br /><br />1. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, 1960, Vol. 1, part 1; Current Population Reports, Series P-20 and unpublished data; and 1960 Census Monograph, “Education of the American Population,” by John K. Folger and Charles B. Nam. From U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2002<br /><br />2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Post Secondary Education Opportunity at: http://www.postsecondary.org <br /><br />These are the sources for the other indicators:<br /><br />1. Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin (1997), By the Council of Economic Advisors for President Clinton <br /><br />2. Bureau of Labor Statistics <br /><br />3. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract and Net Worth Report<br /><br />4. Bureau of Justice Statistics <br /><br />5. Lewis Mumford Center (2004)<br /><br />6. Harvard Civil Rights Project “A Multiracial Society with Segregated Schools Are We Losing the Dream?” (2003)<br /><br />7. USDA, Economic Research Services, Brookings Institute<br /><br />8. Dissimilarity Index Data from Lewis Mumford Center, School District Data from National Center for Education StatisticsThe Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-9437928857305054952009-12-01T21:14:05.800-08:002009-12-01T21:14:05.800-08:00That post pretty much gets to heart of the urban ...That post pretty much gets to heart of the urban public education situation at the moment. <br />The corporate educators will never see it this way however, since it is not in their interest.Tednoreply@blogger.com