Comments on: It’s the Charters’ Fault … Seriously?

By: Mid-Riffs » Blog Archive » More Charter Bashing

Mid-Riffs » Blog Archive » More Charter Bashing — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:50:03 +0000

[...] article presents a summary of a study done by the the Office for Education Policy at the U of A. We had a post about this very subject about a week ago. Both the study and our post seek to debunk the [...]

By: Jay P. Greene

Jay P. Greene — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:31:21 +0000

I think you may have to add a 4th assumption or modify #2. You say “If given the choice, families will choose segregation.” This, of course, assumes that families are not choosing — and perhaps choosing segregation — in the absence of charter schools. But we know families already choose schools by choosing residences.

And without charter schools in the city as options, parents who exercise residential school choice often leave the city entirely. That drains the city of tax base and a middle class.

The question is not whether to have school choice. It happens even without charter schools.

By: The Mere Academic

The Mere Academic — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:40:01 +0000

Rupert,

Good addition … it is not only the big city schools that are imperfectly integrated. If we use a pretty simple rule, say that an integrated school is one within 10 pct points plus or minus of the district average, then integrated Fayetteville schools are those ranging from 64% to 84% white. By that measure, we would call 8 or 9 of the 14 listed schools racially segregated.

Thanks for the post ….

By: Rupert Pupkin

Rupert Pupkin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:25:34 +0000

In case anyone is interested…

Racial makeup of Fayetteville Schools (2007)

School % White
Name Students*
———— ————
ASBELL 54.1
OWL CREEK 52.5
LEVERETT 56.5
WASHINGTON 68.5
HAPPY HOLLOW 84.9
BUTTERFIELD 72.4
HOLCOMB 62.0
ROOT 89.3
VANDERGRIFF 90.7
HOLT MIDDLE 64.4
MCNAIR MIDDLE 86.8
RAMAY JR HIGH 68.5
WOODLAND JR HIGH 85.4
FHS 78.3
District Total 74.4

Source: http://www.schooldatadirect.org

Note: According to the 2000 Census, 86.5% of Fayetteville’s population is white.

By: Caleb Rose

Caleb Rose — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:53:24 +0000

Let’s hope Heller is not serious considering the local papers have barely picked up on this story. Even the blurb on the Arkansas Times blog was only somewhat informational.

At least after you scroll down and read the first comment posted after the ArkTimes Blog Post someone also gets that Public Schools are already “67% black.”

It is amazing what cockamamie claims one can make when he actually has supporting research!