[Lizavetta]

Incumbent John de Beck recently said he shouldn't be held responsible for any declining scores under his 12-year tenure because the "demographics" had changed, leaving fewer white students.

That's one hell of a thing to say.

[spald]

I thought, on first reading, the statement patently racist. But on closer inspection, it is not a direct quote from deBeck but a distillation from the WSJ editorial staff. Still, I agree, a hell of a statement to be associated with an education administrator.

[Myrddin]

De Beck doesn't mince words. The demographics have been shifting to larger hispanic and black populations and declining white populations. The ever unfixable white/black gap drives the average scores down as the whites leave. Bersin's "fixit" has almost fascist overtones. The money diverted for the massive remedial programs in reading and math have been taken from the funds previously allocated to the high achievers. My two oldest sons graduated before Bersin's policies took effect. The youngest was relocated to Idaho in the same time frame.