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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Whistleblower Details Houston Dropout Coverup
On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 07:14 AM, Bob Schaeffer wrote: Many in the media are blaming Education Secretary Rod Paige and President George W. Bush for the fiasco in Houston. They deserve some of the blame. Their supporters argue that the two men are being blamed because it is an election year. However, voters have a duty to look at the record. The record shows that as governor, Bush was given educational reports that clearly stated that Texas' dropout rate was 1.6 percent and that 57 percent of those dropouts (in a 1998 report) were Hispanic. Paige served as an HISD board member and superintendent for many years and allowed dropout rates of less than 3 percent for HISD to be reported. Yet, neither of them has, to my knowledge, questioned the ridiculous rate or made public statements that suggested we had a crisis with the mass exodus of students before they complete high school in Texas. This paragraph says so much. Voluntary ignorance equals consent. Carol H.
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