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Ethnic Minority Pupils Race Ahead Of Poor White Classmates In Schools
Telegraph (UK) ^
| March 01, 2009
Posted on 03/01/2009 5:39:21 PM PST by Steelfish
Ethnic minority pupils race ahead of poor white classmates in schools
Immigrant pupils are overtaking many white children at school because their families place more value on education, a key Government adviser has said.
By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent 01 Mar 2009
Ethnic minority pupils race ahead of poor white classmates in schools
Rapid progress was being made by children from Chinese, Bengali and Indian backgrounds, while white working-class boys, in particular, were struggling, according to Sir Mike Tomlinson, the former head of Ofsted.
In controversial comments which will raise questions about the focus of Government funding, Sir Mike said that white working-class parents failed to place the same value on education as their ethnic minority counterparts.
As a result, poor white children have low expectations of what they can achieve, leading to lack of effort and low results.
"We are seeing every ethnic group progress rapidly Chinese, Bengali, Indian," said Sir Mike. "The results that are being achieved are higher and this has improved the numbers applying to university and entering professions such as medicine, veterinary science, law and accountancy.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: achievementgap; atriskstudents; education
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:39:21 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
From everything I have seen England is in a downward spiral from top to bottom. That is what liberalism will do for you.
To: Steelfish
Some critics have argued that funding ringfenced for ethnic minority pupils should be redirected.
Special treatment can significantly improve results. I'm not a teacher but ended up, all to often, as an unofficial tutor to many classmates throughout my earlier school years. The attitude projected towards someone trying to learn something cannot be over estimated IMO. It's seemed to me to be almost the paramount consideration.
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:47:35 PM PST
by
allmost
To: allmost
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:48:15 PM PST
by
allmost
To: allmost
In the end it’s all about discipline: discipline at home and discipline at school.
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:49:49 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
When the Vietnamese immigrants came to San Diego, the parents put education on the top of the list as well. They too raced past the white majority...at least the first generation. I'm not sure that has held for 2nd generation kids. The work ethic isn't always maintained.
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:51:09 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Steelfish
working-class What's "working-class" ? As opposed to what .. the idle class ?
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:51:10 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: Steelfish
“Immigrant pupils are overtaking many white children at school because their families place more value on education,”
This has certainly been the case among some Asians in the U.S. No big surprise here.
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:53:04 PM PST
by
gracesdad
To: Steelfish
That is a huge part of it yes I agree, but from what I’ve seen, teaching (and subsequent learning) can be greatly influenced by the attitude towards the students. It is, after all, communication...
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posted on
03/01/2009 5:55:47 PM PST
by
allmost
To: libh8er
Dependent/handout/thug/victim class.
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posted on
03/01/2009 6:01:43 PM PST
by
BobbyT
To: Steelfish
What amazes me is we see all this and we emulate instead of running the other way! LIBERALISM IS A DESEASE!
To: Steelfish
“Ethnic minority pupils race ahead of poor white classmates in schools.”
Yay!
The white race is fast becoming a self-loathing race.
Young white males that hate themselves—perfect!
Yet another victory for the left.
I hope they’re proud of themselves.
As well, I hope they understand what is coming.
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posted on
03/01/2009 6:08:31 PM PST
by
Boucheau
To: libh8er
The Democrats like the expression “working families.” I’m not sure what they are being contrasted with—relaxing families? Vacationing families? Welfare families? Filthy rich coupon-clipping families? Crime-syndicate families?
To: Steelfish
They will save a few taxidermied whites for a diorama at the natural history museum.
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posted on
03/01/2009 6:13:46 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: Verginius Rufus
“working families” is a leftist code word for lower middle class families for inciting class hatred. ‘Working class’ implies middle class and above wage earners do not really work for a living and get paid too much for the little work that they do, and should out of fairness, pay much higher taxes to help those who do actually work.
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posted on
03/01/2009 6:19:14 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: Steelfish
ethnic minorities are often members of the middle class or higher from whence they came. often not comparing pples to apples.
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posted on
03/01/2009 6:33:30 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
To: Steelfish; Parley Baer; Myrddin
Dollars to ...ummmh, Pounds to doughnuts the immigrant families are intact(mom, pop,siblings, maybe even gramps, grandma) while the poor whities are children of single parent homes where dad is absent and boyfriends of mom are rotated out and in. Also likely mother on public dole and has enough to dign her welfare check.
Plus education is in and tv's and video games are out.
No mystery here. Move along.
To: Steelfish; All
The native Brits are very, very, very, foolish people. Now as an American I'm award that calling a Brit foolish is like the pot calling the kettle black.
But the Brits put their faith in the Labor party and all the goodies they could get from government. People warned them that the Liberals in the Labor government would knife them in the back and sure as hell they did with their immigration policy. Now the Brits have lost their country. Oh well you still have government health care.
Should have listened to Enoch Powell. HE WAS RIGHT!
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posted on
03/01/2009 6:47:51 PM PST
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough!)
To: Boucheau
Young white males that hate themselvesperfect!
Full of hate and resentment, they and their minority counterparts here in America, will make fine front line troops(tools) in the Aryan/ Black panther divisons of societies's total breakdown into tribalism.
God help us all.
To: libh8er
What's "working-class" ? As opposed to what .. the idle class ?
The Dependent Class
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posted on
03/01/2009 6:55:56 PM PST
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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