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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Schools Matter: Will Segregationist Gang of Five Cause Wake County High Schools to Lose Accreditation?

Schools Matter: Will Segregationist Gang of Five Cause Wake County High Schools to Lose Accreditation?

Will Segregationist Gang of Five Cause Wake County High Schools to Lose Accreditation?

If there is provision for voter recall of school board members in Raleigh, I would suggest that Wake County citizens lawyer up and get 'er done before the resegregationists running their schools run them into the ground.

Or on the other hand, the Research Triangle could return to the piney woods of the 1950s, when black children went to apartheid schools and white racists controlled the political economy. From the NewsObserver:
RALEIGH A national accrediting agency that is investigating Wake County's school system rejected a series of hardball demands made by school officials, who have been trying to limit the scope of the probe.

The denial on Thursday forces a showdown that could result in the loss of accreditation for Wake's