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Chicago plans high school for black males
UPI ^ | Nov. 6 | United Press International

Posted on 11/07/2005 8:41:20 AM PST by ktw

Chicago plans high school for black males

CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The Chicago school district plans to open an all-boys high school primarily for black teenagers.

The Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men must be approved by the Board of Education this month, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Mayor Richard Daley plans to open 100 schools in the city in the next five years. Plans for the next two years include a virtual elementary school, a high school operated by the University of Chicago and a high school stressing business entrepreneurship.

Urban Prep would be located inside Englewood High School. Backers say it is aimed at a group that has the lowest graduation rate of any in the city.

"We're going to take our students where they are and help them gain admission to college and succeed once they are there," said Tim King, the founder of Urban Prep. "Clearly there is a high need for figuring out how to serve these kids academically."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackmales; blackstudents; chicago; education; hseducation; males; racism; schools; segregation
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To: excalibur1701

Oooops....

--cricket sounds--


41 posted on 11/07/2005 8:58:13 AM PST by excalibur1701
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To: NRA1995

Get learnt or die trying.


42 posted on 11/07/2005 8:59:05 AM PST by byteback
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To: Night Hides Not

That little experiment has been run a thousand times already.

Public school which were numbered in the past have for the most part been changed to names such as The Martin Luther King JR Acedemy of High Achievement. They have the same failure rates.

Changing the name of the school does nothing. It's the quality of character that makes all the difference.


43 posted on 11/07/2005 8:59:12 AM PST by twas
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To: mhking

ping


44 posted on 11/07/2005 9:00:06 AM PST by Khepera (Do not remove by penalty of law!)
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To: clee1

Racism is racism.

This is simply one more misguided attempt at appeasement.. We'll treat you special because someone, decades ago, who wasn't the same color as you just might have been "unfair" to someone who might have been your ancestor.

Time to stop this type of nonsense!


45 posted on 11/07/2005 9:00:23 AM PST by dogger
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To: elemenohpee

oops..my fingers were typing faster than my brain was operating..usually I'm gud at spelnig..:)


46 posted on 11/07/2005 9:00:33 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead you to prove it...)
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To: twas
That little experiment has been run a thousand times already.

You are so right...I've got to get this kumbaya stuff out of my system.

47 posted on 11/07/2005 9:02:57 AM PST by Night Hides Not (1 John 3:18 (my interpretation: Deeds, Not Words"))
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To: ktw

We have a school in our area that was originally started for black males only...they've since included girls.

But it is a private school for low-income, students that show promise, and I don't think in a public school arena they could enforce the level of discipline among the students and the parents that this private school does.

However, the way it's set up, it provides full scholarships to any students that is accepted. The scholarships are funded through donations from the community and fund-raisers.

http://www.academyprep.org/faq.htm


48 posted on 11/07/2005 9:03:22 AM PST by dawn53
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To: ktw

"Clearly there is a high need for figuring out how to serve these kids academically."

Yes, just keep telling them they can't possibly make it in the real world and need special help. That will boost their self-esteem.


49 posted on 11/07/2005 9:03:43 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: ktw

It's about time. All boy schools would solve LOTS of problems. All boy schools combined with corporal punishment would solve even more.


50 posted on 11/07/2005 9:04:07 AM PST by aruanan
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To: Mulch

Headline is misleading. Mostly is NOT ALL Black school.


51 posted on 11/07/2005 9:04:27 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Polls = Proof that when the MSM want yo"ur opinion they will give it to you.)
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To: Mulch
Will white people be taxed to finance all black schools?

It's not to be an all black school. It's just that the school would serve a primarily black area. I suppose one could bus white students in from other parts of the city.
52 posted on 11/07/2005 9:05:01 AM PST by aruanan
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To: ktw

Anti-integration? What will the Dems think up next?!


53 posted on 11/07/2005 9:05:57 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: ktw

Any mention as to what color the teachers will have to, ooops, primarily, be?


54 posted on 11/07/2005 9:06:15 AM PST by austinaero
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To: SoCal Pubbie

I agree. If the focus is really on education and overcoming cultural obstacles. Also, it underscores how foolish some of liberal programs are. In their effort to be "fair", the sacrifice excellence in virtually every case.


55 posted on 11/07/2005 9:06:44 AM PST by TravisBickle (The War on Terror: Win It There or Fight It Here)
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To: ktw

Will they be teaching foreign languages, such as...eh, um, English? Will the illegal Hispanics that run rampant throughout Chicagoland demand their own school also?


56 posted on 11/07/2005 9:09:39 AM PST by Annie Gram
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To: elemenohpee; Admin Moderator

Signed up just to post that, troll?

I suppose you've never misspelled anything?

Enjoy your stay at FreeRepublic; I expect it to be a short one.

AM - If the short posting history isn't enough, please check the eye-pee.


57 posted on 11/07/2005 9:12:50 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: ktw

Will there be a "White Studies" department?

 

58 posted on 11/07/2005 9:15:21 AM PST by Fintan (I'm planting my tagline bulbs for the spring.)
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To: LongElegantLegs; Dashing Dasher
co-ed schools have damaged several generations of men.

Is that you out there Hootie? LOL

59 posted on 11/07/2005 9:16:25 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: ktw

Separate but Equal, Part II.

On the other hand what will be the educational impact on all those white students who will lose out on the diversity of black males in their classrooms? How will they survive in the real world?


60 posted on 11/07/2005 9:23:23 AM PST by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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