The Kansas City School Board plans to open an African-centered high school, grades 6 through 12. The so-called "ACE" program is not a charter or magnet school, but rather an experiment. Also, other than getting their ass kicked in the hallway it's yet another way teach a lesson to the few remaining white kids and the future Latino dropouts in the KC School District.
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Chic is the elementary school that is African centered. Of the 23,000 students in the KCMO district, about 70% are below proficient on the MAP test. Chic, stands out in the it's students beat both the district and the statewide average in read and math scores.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't a big supporter of African centered schools, but unlike so many other failed programs, this one has worked for a least one school in the district.
Any objective parent of a J.S. Chic student will tell you the reason the school does well is because it is a neighborhood school. Most of the kids that go to Chic live right around it.
ReplyDeletebecause it is a neighborhood
ReplyDeleteThere has to be more to it than that. Most district schools are neighborhood, now that magnets have fallen out of favor. Conversely Holliday is not a neighborhood school and it does as well as Chic.
This "Tony" guy is a real jerk. I have read a few of his offensive bigotry articles. Chic has done well for years. They compete with all of the other "good schools" in Missouri.
ReplyDeleteAfrican-centered schools do well for obvious reasons. It is because students learn about who they really are and where they come from. They learn about their rich history. They learn that their ancestors created written language, pyramids, math, art, music and several of the modern day inventions that make our lives and jobs more efficient. In America, they are constantly feed the overriding theme that they are nothing. There are an abundance of negative images for them to internalize. They don't hear about all of the great contributions that their ancestors have contributed to this country and this world. Without that information, they feel disenfranchised. They are merely roaming around with no purpose and no identity. The same would be true for any culture if the only images that they see of themselves were negative. There are plenty good things to celebrate but the information is typically not readily available in American schools. Parents and teachers have to search for it. It’s out there. In schools that serve 80-100% African American children, it shouldn’t be so hard to find.