Re: Attorney generals trying to shut down usenet?

On Jun 18, 10:09 am, James Arthur <bogusabd...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
MooseFET wrote:
On Jun 16, 7:57 pm, James Arthur wrote:
MooseFET wrote:
On Jun 16, 6:19 pm, James Arthur wrote:
[...privately or home schooled ...]
And it's not in the public interest to deny them. The
home-schoolers I've known have all been _lightyears_
ahead of their public (or private) school counterparts.
How many have you known?
Obviously a small percentage. What's the high-school graduation
rate in your neck of the woods?

Right here it is about 95%. The worst in the bay area is about 75%.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/22/local/me-dropout22

"Under existing requirements, Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles would
be allowed to take more than two centuries to bring its graduation rate
up to 82.9%, which is the current state standard, said Sen. Darrell
Steinberg (D-Sacramento)."

[...]

"Crenshaw High had a 56.9% graduation rate in the 2005-06 school year,
the last for which figures were available. L.A. Unified had a rate of
63.9% that year."

Wasn't Riordan on the school board before he got elected mayor? You
would think that he would take some action to improve the schools.
All I've ever heard about was some sort of dust up where he was taking
money out of the school budget.

I live in the northern California and we seldom hear anything about
the south unless they are trying to steal our water or something evil
like that.


Best,
James Arthur

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