Re: LA lack of transfer opportunities - with comment by MN

[Le1212@aol.com]

In response to the following by Monte:
Yes, this also reveals the disgraceful and disgusting unwillingness to 
provide decent schooling in CA for poor kids. Prop 13 is a primary culprit, but the 
state could have raised state $. It did not. But the failure of the feds for 
many years to provide $ for building schools, and that NCLB is a law 
essentially silent on the issue of making better schools rather than creating inadequate 
transfer options, both contribute to intensifying the mess...
I must wonder--what is the politic?  Seems coincidental that California tax 
revenues have finally recovered, following the fed-promoted energy siphon 
carried out by Bushcons.  While not widely stated, the current recovery appears to 
be due to increases in gas taxes and real estate based taxes.  

The Bush administration is trying to pass-off their secure-the-border costs 
to Californians, disproportionately.  For the time being, this has been 
stalled.  Now the feds are attacking California funds by demanding more money be used 
to spin students into schools that are not likely to be able to better 
address their poverty and language acquisition needs. 

The feds have repeatedly shown little concern for the best interest of 
marginalized students or those who try to help them.  This has little to do with 
providing decent education and lots to do with spinning California taxes away 
from reforms such as universal health care and other causes that will benefit 
those who are not privileged.  

Does anyone know of a study that shows California poor students do less well 
than those of other states (matched by English language proficiency)?

Marc Barlow