{"id":85987,"date":"2016-01-21T08:49:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85987"},"modified":"2016-01-21T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:49:12","slug":"racial-bean-counting-is-making-schools-unsafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85987","title":{"rendered":"Racial bean-counting is making schools unsafe"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Black students misbehave more often. Tragically, school administrators are so fearful of saying it that they\u2019re being intimidated into ceding control of classrooms to violent, disruptive students.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the story in New York City, where serious crimes in schools are soaring. Forcible sex offenses are up 90 percent year over year, according to state statistics. Assaults with weapons causing serious injuries are up 69 percent.<\/p>\n

Mayor Bill de Blasio has implemented the Obama administration\u2019s policy of replacing suspensions with \u201crestorative justice\u201d \u2014 a kind of talk therapy \u2014 even for serious offenses such as insubordination, fighting, arson, assaults and marijuana possession.<\/p>\n

The only penalty for a student at Adlai Stevenson High School in The Bronx caught with seven bags of marijuana on him was being handed a warning card that said, \u201cPlease bring this card home to your parent(s)\/guardian so you can discuss the matter with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sounds more like \u201cLeave It to Beaver\u201d than 2016. It would be laughable \u2014 if it weren\u2019t so destructive.<\/p>\n

The de Blasio administration is touting a dramatic decrease in school suspensions. That\u2019s only because the unruly students are allowed to stay in the classroom, continuing to disrupt. Last week, at a United Federation of Teachers meeting, 81 percent of teachers said their students are losing learning opportunities because of the disorder and violence.<\/p>\n

No one believes black students should be treated differently from others. The notion that racist educators are to blame for more suspensions and expulsions of black students is preposterous, says Manhattan Institute fellow Heather Mac Donald. Teaching is \u201cthe most liberal occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n

A primary cause of student discipline problems is the breakdown of families, Mac Donald says, which is especially severe among African-Americans. These households are missing fathers. When discipline isn\u2019t enforced at home, students don\u2019t behave in school, either.<\/p>\n

Or on the streets. Mac Donald points out that the homicide rate among males age 14 to 17 \u2014 high schoolers \u2014 is nearly 10 times higher for blacks than for whites.<\/p>\n

Families for Excellent Schools, a pro-charter group, is lambasting de Blasio for misrepresenting what\u2019s happening in schools. City Hall claims school crime is down, but the pols are playing numbers games, mixing minor infractions with major crimes.<\/p>\n

In terms of serious and violent crime, schools are more dangerous than before. Assaults are up a shocking 40 percent in one year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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