This School year, students from Macolm X Shabazz HS assulted their own basketball coach after a game vs Livingston HS. Both are in New Jersey and these Schools are only 12 miles apart. They could not be more different:\
SPOILER ALERT!!! ITS NOT ABOUT FUNDING!!
Article about assult: https://abc7ny.com/newark-malcolm-x-shabazz-high-school-new-jersey-assault/5908704/
This story made me research both schools:
Malcom X HS DATA: 1/10 on Great Schools; (91% black, 8% Hispanic and 1% White); 11 students per teacher; 61% graduation rate; 52% pursue four year college, only 15% return for 2nd year of college; 846 avg SAT, FOLLOW THE MONEY--- Total District Spending: $958 MILLION; $22k per Student, Average Teacher Salary $84,900; Funding SOURCES: 11.5% local, 83% State, 5.4% federal
Livingston HS: 8/10 on Great Schools; (64% white, 26% Asian, 4% Black); 11 students per teacher; 96% graduation rate; 93% pursue four year college, 84% return for 2nd year of college; 1240 avg SAT; FOLLOW THE MONEY--- Total District Spending: $115 million; $19k per Student, Average Teacher Salary $80,100; Funding SOURCES: 85% local, 13% State, 1.4% Federal
Funding source data: https://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/csg/16/csg.pl (old data but all thats available and follows current trends)
Great Schools Data: Malcolm X; https://www.greatschools.org/new-jersey/newark/1321-Malcolm-X-Shabazz-High-School/#Race_ethnicity*College_readiness Livingston: https://www.greatschools.org/new-jersey/livingston/997-Livingston-Sr--High-School/
SO WHERE IS THE SYSTEMIC RACISM when these schools have EQUAL FUNDING EQUAL STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO EQUAL TEACHER SALARY
WE CANNOT ALWAYS GUARANTEE EQUAL OUTCOMES, SORRY!!!!
The Saddest part of tha data is 52% of Malcom X Shabazz students pursue 4-year college but only 15% return for their second year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This tells me they are Affirmative Action Admissons who fail out or quit. So what's the point of all the state and federal aid AND Affirmative Action to get them to college??
That's not what happens. These kids apply to community college to get the pell Grant and then drop out the first semester and pocket the money.
Didn't even think about that but very true. This country bends over backwards to get African Americans into college. We don't care about Results!!! Just take our money!