They've put out a story detailing test scores compared along racial lines showing that only 12% of black boys in 4th & 8th grade could read compared to 38% & 44% for whites.
More troubling to the Times was the fact that income didn't play a large factor in the scores as poor white boys scored as well as the wealthiest black boys. The Times is then forced to come to:
SHOCKING CONCLUSION #1 - Cultural factors such as parenting tactics play a far larger role in determining academic success than economic factors do.
What a shock! You mean if parents don't care about school or academic success then their kids won't either? Who could've guessed that? Oh yeah, everybody who isn't an NEA member.
Aside from the fact that the NY Times seems blindsided about the importance of home life, they also completely miss the most relevant part of the story.
Only 44% of 8th grade whites can read and that's the high water mark for comparison? 44%! That's absolutely absurd! Yes there's a cultural divide between white and black kids in how they respond to education but having only 44% of 8th graders being able to read is despicable even if was 44% of the entire population.
What the Times fails to note is that the entire education system (Big Education) is failing everybody. Comparing the horrible scores of blacks to the horrible scores of whites is like comparing deer shit to bear shit. Sure, one's more impressive but they're both shit. Thankfully the Times has zeroed in on the biggest factor, parenting. Kids who do poorly in school generally have parents who don't care if they do well or not. Combine that with Union driven education policies designed to maintain the status quo, rampant waste of money and you've got the recipe for disaster.
All isn't bleak though, if a left-wing rag like the NY Times can look past their preconceived economic biases and see the failings of the family in education, then anything is possible.
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