Posted on 05/16/2016 8:06:12 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Milwaukee Public Schools has included nearly a half million dollars for "Black Lives Matter" in its list of expenditures included the 2017 budget proposal it published in Wednesday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Interestingly enough, the district plans to spend nearly as much on "Black Lives Matter" as it plans to spend on College Access Centers, Universal Driver Education, and Advanced Studies of World Languages.
"We’re doing this work because national and local studies tell us young men of color in Wisconsin and Milwaukee are more likely to be represented disproportionally in the justice system and less likely to be represented proportionally in colleges and universities," said MPS spokesman Tony Tagliavia.
On page 53 of the District's comprehensive budget, MPS explains that it is partnering with the Black Lives Matter organization "to develop a cultural studies curriculum and provide staff training on restorative practices to improve student attendance, academics, graduation rates and school culture through facilitation of meaningful dialogue and support on issues surrounding race and trauma faced in communities and schools."
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So where specifically is that money going? According to the budget:
$471,073 is budgeted to support the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative by collaborating with branches of government, local businesses and community organizations to increase the number of males of color who are succeeding academically and socially. Efforts include ensuring that culturally responsive teaching practices are in place at all schools, enhancing the district vision for student participation in a wide range of after-school activities and supporting trauma-informed care.
"The specific expenditures, which are also outlined in the budget proposal, are for three social studies teachers ($260,889 for salary and benefits for all three) and staff development (training) for other employees ($210,184)," Tagliavia said. "That brings the total to the $471,073 you mentioned."
This raises several interesting questions about just how this money is being spent.
Since MPS's budget lists Black Lives Matter as a partner organization, will Black Lives Matter have input in this "staff development?" Or will it have a role in hiring or staffing the three new social studies teachers? Moreover, will Black Lives Matter have a role in shaping the curriculum that these teachers use?
Tagliavia insisted that "no funding is going to a Black Lives Matter Organization," saying that "the name speaks to some of the issues raised by the movement, specifically racial disparities in education."
Furthermore, MPS says that it is not partnering with any official "Black Lives Matter" group...only a group of people who espouse the values of the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
Okay then.
“partnering with the Black Lives Matter” = funneling taxpayer money to a political movement
1) We don’t know how to read
2) We don’t know how to add or subtract
3) But we know white people suck
Your tax dollars at work.
There are a lot in jail, and only a few graduating from college. The article fails to give the reason. They commit a lot of crime. Their collective IQ is very low.
True.
DEFUND socialist/totalitarian collectives, foreign and domestic.
Your predicament isn't the fault of whitey.
Stop committing crimes and having babies out of wedlock.
Study hard, get a USEFUL degree, and earn an honest paycheck.
Problem solved.
It appears to me the school system has way too much money. It appears to me a budget cut of 50% or so is in order.
It’s not predominantly an IQ problem. If it were, white Euro-mix people (like most of us) would have an irreversible global problem since, on average, Chinese people in Hong Kong have a 10-13-point IQ advantage over the white average in the USA.
The main problem is family structure and culture.
If blacks had on average the same kind of family structure and culture as the Hong Kong Chinese or the American Jews, they would come out ahead of the white gentile US average.
Let’s look at the USA and less than 100 years ago: During the glory years of the highly creative and productive Harlem Renaissance, 90% of black children in Harlem lived in intact families headed by a married father and mother.
How about “All Lives Matter”
That's Racist!
If that were to happen again, the Dems would lose a major voting block. That’s why the Dems need to keep them impoverished at all costs. They couldn’t care less about anything else.
Maybe they’ll let them go once they grow their illegal immigrant block. They’ll find it easier to control them since they’re doing everything they can to prevent them from learning English.
Liberals are sickening.
Around that time Harlem was one of the nicest neighborhoods in the world. Had it’s ups and downs but LBJ’s war on poverty sent it for a crash dive into it current condition.
Public schools are Satan’s American masterpiece.
Period!
I’m assuming there is no tax base where this is implemented; I’d hate to be one of the taxpayers paying for this. If there are federal $ involved then I am one of them.
As the _resident ordered, they're not criminals but "justice-involved individuals".
And they’re not inmates, failures and dropouts — they’re “underrepresented in colleges and universities”.
Not a “political movement,” instead, a terrorist, racist organization that’s done more in its short life to promote the murders of hundreds of law abiding black people than the Klan did in the last fifty years.
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