Comments on: The problem is not diversity, the problem is not enough diversity http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2010/03/12/the-problem-is-not-diversity-the-problem-is-not-enough-diversity/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Hatley http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2010/03/12/the-problem-is-not-diversity-the-problem-is-not-enough-diversity/#comment-67352 Chris Hatley Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:49:49 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=12378#comment-67352 Chris should read the Cato Institute Research Report on the Kansas City Desegregation Plan to see how $2 BILLION of taxpayer money was squandered on a diversity plan that ended up an abysmal failure. It depleted school resources to the point that half of the schools in the district had to be eventually closed Chris should read the Cato Institute Research Report on the Kansas City Desegregation Plan to see how $2 BILLION of taxpayer money was squandered on a diversity plan that ended up an abysmal failure. It depleted school resources to the point that half of the schools in the district had to be eventually closed

]]> By: Joe Ciulla http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2010/03/12/the-problem-is-not-diversity-the-problem-is-not-enough-diversity/#comment-66665 Joe Ciulla Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:26:36 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=12378#comment-66665 Chris, Have you lost your mind? 31% of Wake County schools are high-poverty. And you want to put those kids on buses? Do you have any idea how many thousand more kids would have to be bused to meet your vision of having no high-poverty schools? Take a look at magnet school performance. ED and minority children do no better in these schools than they do in non-magnets, despite all the bus rides to create those diverse environments. Stop trying to bus these kids because it makes you feel good. Too many people, for too long, have been perfectly happy to have poor and minority students fail -- as long as they fail in a diverse environment. Chris,

Have you lost your mind? 31% of Wake County schools are high-poverty. And you want to put those kids on buses? Do you have any idea how many thousand more kids would have to be bused to meet your vision of having no high-poverty schools?

Take a look at magnet school performance. ED and minority children do no better in these schools than they do in non-magnets, despite all the bus rides to create those diverse environments.

Stop trying to bus these kids because it makes you feel good. Too many people, for too long, have been perfectly happy to have poor and minority students fail — as long as they fail in a diverse environment.

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