well, the attempt was to see the kids in them as segregated so they (or their parents) would do less harm to regular kids--a kind of eternal recursion to the 50s.
well, the attempt was to see the kids in them as segregated so they (or their parents) would do less harm to regular kids--a kind of eternal recursion to the 50s.
“Do no harm” is not their goal or they would quietly homeschool. 😀
I’m admittedly a bit sensitive on this issue. I fear we are about to lose our public school system. It will hinge on what the rural voters do. In the past rural legislators would not vote for these schemes unless they only targeted the 3 more ‘urban’ areas. They don’t have enough students in rural areas.
The GOPers don’t let bills into the public domain until they are ready to pass them. So we don’t know if the proposed amendment will again target the largest districts or be statewide. Ironic because our $$ is ‘distributed’ among the rest of the state - which resents us. They also don’t have enough tax $$ to support their schools.
I actually agree with you completely. I was referring to the fact that the segregationists thought blacks being in the same classroom with their kids would pollute the kids. Hence, segregation.
Yes, of course. But Blacks in KY, especially in Louisville, had private schools (another layer of irony) before the Civil War, even before there was public education which was only for Whites. The state collected extra taxes from Blacks for the “Negro Fund” to provide “education” and “pauper support” but provided no education. In 1870 (after the 15th Amendment was adopted) Louisville opened its first public school for Blacks. It had the same curriculum but teachers & administrators were Black - probably because there was such an educated population & readily available teachers, etc. from the now closed private schools. They basically ran their own schools, an anomaly in the south.
Long story short, about 100 yrs later when Brown v Board of Ed was actually going to be enforced, private schools for Whites were in a decline. Suddenly their enrollments increased and new private schools popped up. “Magnet” schools with the veneer of integration but with procedures that kept it from being a reality followed. Public schools used them to stop the bleeding and keep more White students.
So here we are looking at people who should know better dragging us back to where we’ve been.
well, the attempt was to see the kids in them as segregated so they (or their parents) would do less harm to regular kids--a kind of eternal recursion to the 50s.
“Do no harm” is not their goal or they would quietly homeschool. 😀
I’m admittedly a bit sensitive on this issue. I fear we are about to lose our public school system. It will hinge on what the rural voters do. In the past rural legislators would not vote for these schemes unless they only targeted the 3 more ‘urban’ areas. They don’t have enough students in rural areas.
The GOPers don’t let bills into the public domain until they are ready to pass them. So we don’t know if the proposed amendment will again target the largest districts or be statewide. Ironic because our $$ is ‘distributed’ among the rest of the state - which resents us. They also don’t have enough tax $$ to support their schools.
I actually agree with you completely. I was referring to the fact that the segregationists thought blacks being in the same classroom with their kids would pollute the kids. Hence, segregation.
Yes, of course. But Blacks in KY, especially in Louisville, had private schools (another layer of irony) before the Civil War, even before there was public education which was only for Whites. The state collected extra taxes from Blacks for the “Negro Fund” to provide “education” and “pauper support” but provided no education. In 1870 (after the 15th Amendment was adopted) Louisville opened its first public school for Blacks. It had the same curriculum but teachers & administrators were Black - probably because there was such an educated population & readily available teachers, etc. from the now closed private schools. They basically ran their own schools, an anomaly in the south.
Long story short, about 100 yrs later when Brown v Board of Ed was actually going to be enforced, private schools for Whites were in a decline. Suddenly their enrollments increased and new private schools popped up. “Magnet” schools with the veneer of integration but with procedures that kept it from being a reality followed. Public schools used them to stop the bleeding and keep more White students.
So here we are looking at people who should know better dragging us back to where we’ve been.