Thursday, September 9, 2010
Little Rock Schools School choice: Little Rock hangs on
Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:14 AM
Despite new charter school options and the usual torrent of bad publicity, Sept. 3 enrollment figures for the Little Rock School District are mildly encouraging against the yardsticks by which urban districts are traditionally judged.
This year: A tiny rise in total enrollment (from 25,666 in 2009 to 25,727 in 2010); a small rise in white enrollment (from 4,855 to 4,922); a decline in the district's percentage of black enrollment (from 69 to 67 percent). Hispanic enrollment is still climbing — to a near majority in at least one SWLR school. The new Roberts elementary is crammed with nearly 700 western Little Rock kids, with a heavy white majority.
Here's the the school-by-school spreadsheet.
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Tis all for naught. The teachers have been the mules upon which the burden of education has been placed for the last 50 years. Previously, the best and the brightest of our young women have been destined for nursing or the classroom. These days however, they are headed to med school and law school. A large percentage of those that go into education now are not nearly as qualifed or motivated as their peers 40 years ago. Unable or unwilling to shoulder the blame for the current mess, they quit, or just get to a point that they just don't care any more. Who can blame them? It will only get worse. We are destined to be the next Kansas City or Detroit when it comes to public schools. My, how our friends at PCSD are already lighting our path!
A lot of folks on this board talk about education like they know something. Ever worked in the public schools in this area? Sign up to be a sub and be prepared to have your eyes opened. Mine were.
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Any data to back up your assumptions about teachers now and teachers 40 years ago, tower??
“A large percentage of those that go into education now are not nearly as qualifed or motivated as their peers 40 years ago.”
Some would say the same can be said for an even larger percentage of those who “go into” parenting.
I see that Jefferson has an 18% minority ratio. Reminds me of seeing a quote by a good friend (and huge liberal) in an article on public education about how it was so important for them to send their child to a diverse school. Compared to what? Forest Park? Kind of a stretch to call 18% diverse. Also interesting to see the ratio at the new Roberts school. The district certainly pumped a lot of money into that school to make sure it has the finest of everything while many of the other more diverse schools on this list lack in technology and have only adequate facilities.
Am I reading this correctly that about 7,000 (over half) of the students leave the LRSD after elementary? Where do those students go? That is a lot of students unless I misunderstand this data.
It's about time they put a school where the population is growing. I don't see how anyone can complain about WLR parents putting their children in private schools when the other choice was a long drive to practically a different part of town.
My wife is subbing this afternoon.
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