Study Finds One-Third in D.C. Illiterate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- About one-third of the people living in the national's capital are functionally illiterate, compared with about one-fifth nationally, according to a report on the District of Columbia.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...TAM&SECTION=US
I have no trouble whatsoever believeing that
Allow me to put on my dixie thinking cap:
Well, being as though 1/3 is merely an abstract concept I this cannot be true.
It was probably only 20% before the Bush crew came to town.
I also heard recently that only 70% of our high school students graduate from high school....
I had no idea that 30% of our students don't graduate.... none!
Yep we are a lazy assed country. No wonder the immigrants outperform us.
"Fuck you niggers" July 11, 2009 Tinfoil explaining how conservatives are unfairly labeled as racists.
"You deserve to be beheaded and for your head to placed on a pike, in the middle of the park, where children can see what happens to those that act the way you do." August 5, 2009 USFreedom911's response to a left leaning opinion.
Ooh ooh I know what we should do................throw more money at the problem.
Actually, I think I have heard on c-span that washington dc is one of the districts that congress runs alot of their "test" programs like charter schools and the such....
I believe alot of money has already been thrown at it and also many other type programs have been instituted in test regions there... so, I am uncertain on what could fix the situation there....
I've always thought that year long unisex boarding school for inner city youths would be great. Perhaps instituting exchange programs as well. The problem with a lot of people that live in poor urban areas is that they can't see beyond their neighborhoods. Its ridiculous when you talk to them at the mere suggestion of leaving.
I thknk a student exchange program with the middle east would be good, would make it less likely for us to attack each other and eventually bring understanding.
we could even make it a voucher thing so the rpeublicans would like it
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_baeo_t1.htm
Table 1: Graduation Rate by State and Race
State
Graduation Rate
African-America n Graduation Rate
Latino Graduation Rate
White Graduation Rate
Alabama
62%
52%
33%
69%
Alaska
67
58
58
74
Arizona
59
54
50
70
Arkansas
72
67
48
74
California
68
59
55
78
Colorado
68
55
47
75
Connecticut
75
64
53
79
Delaware
73
64
57
78
District of Columbia
59
55
59
ins
Florida
59
51
52
63
Continued at the link above along with other Tables....
Any correlation between red /blue state and gradution rates ?
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