Charter Schools Are Failing

Fed up with persistently poor student results in Ohio’s eight largest urban school districts, Republican state legislators enacted a law in 1997 allowing charter schools to locate exclusively within the boundaries of the “Big 8” systems. Sixteen years later, charters statewide performed almost exactly the same on most measures of student achievement as the urban schools they were meant to reform, results released under a revamped Ohio report-card system show. And when it comes to graduating seniors...

There Is Illegal Money To Make In The Charter School Business

There are undoubtedly wonderful charter schools in existence, and Americans generally have a favorable opinion of charters, but hardly a week goes by without news of a scandal or a study tarnishing their image. Leading off the charter scandal parade was Pennsylvania, where an auditor general found that the state’s largest charter school pocketed $1.2 million “in improper lease-reimbursement payments.” The scheme the school was running has become all too familiar to anyone following charter school...

Smart Ways To Deal With Cops When Pulled Over

While police generally need a warrant to search you or your property -- during a traffic stop, police only need probable cause to legally search your vehicle. Probable cause means police must have some facts or evidence to believe you're involved in criminal activity. In other words, an officer's hunch without evidence of illegal activity is not enough to legally search your car. Before searching, he must observe something real. Common examples of probable cause include the sight or smell of contraband...

Gov't Releases Report On Disparities In The Classroom

This has been the big secret that everyone always knew. Finally, the numbers on classroom disparities are available to the public. Minority students have less access to advanced courses, more inexperienced teachers and face tougher disciplinary consequences than their counterparts, a new trove of federal data shows, affirming long-held beliefs about disparities in the classroom. Civil rights advocates expect this data, collected during the 2009-10 school year, will provide new ammunition for...

Wells Fargo agrees to pay $175 million for discriminating against African American and Hispanic borrowers.

Wells Fargo Bank will pay at least $175 million to settle accusations that it discriminated against African-American and Hispanic borrowers in violation of fair-lending laws, the Justice Department announced on July 12, 2012.Read the full sto...

7,000 American Students Drop Out Of School Daily

Thanks to Boostup.org, everyone can see the percentage of student dropouts by race in every state of the Unites States. Unfortunately, there are 7,000 dropouts every day in America. School reforms have clearly not worked over the past decades. There is an average of approximately 31% of the students in the United States that are dropping out of school. It is unacceptable for only 2/3 of the student...

Racist Email Sent By Montana's Chief Judge

Richard Cebull's email, obtained by the Great Falls Tribune, reads: "Normally I don't send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching. I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read this. Hope it touches your heart like it did mine."A joke then follows: "A little boy said to his mother; 'Mommy, how come I'm black and you're white?' His mother replied, 'Don't...

NY Police Dept. Accused Of A Secretive Lists Barring Blacks From Promotions

A federal complaint has been filed against the NYPD's Itelligence Division over the lack of promotions for Black officers. The compalint has been filed by the NYCLU which is a watchdog group of the New York Police Department.In the Itelligence Division, there are only 35 Black Officers out of 600 and none of the 35 officers rank higher than Sergeant. This means that only 6% of the officers working...

Blacks Still Face Disparities In Bankruptcies

The majority of Blacks are being steered in Bankruptcy Chapter 13 while most Whites are filing for Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy code based on a 2007 Connsumer Bankruptcy Project. Blacks file for Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy code 55%, Whites 29%, Asians 24%, Other 24%, and Hispanics 22%.The vast majority of debtors excluding Blacks file under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code, which typically allows them to erase most debts in a matter of months. It tends to have a higher success rate and is less expensive...

Ex-NY Cop Admits To Flaking

Flaking is what happens when police plant illegal drugs on innocent people. According to the detective, he saw police officers involved in flaking at all levels of the NYPD including investigators, supervisors, and undercover officers. Read the sto...