Why does Texas attempt to educate the ILLEGALS and their anchors? Texas has a bilingual program for just Spanish speakers only costing Billions of dollars once it began to pick up steam. The ILLEGALS and their anchors in the Texas School System are so illiterate that our schools have to spend time and resources to teach the ILLEGALS and anchors "proper" Spanish before they can even consider teaching the ILLEGALS and anchors English! The ILLEGALS and anchors have their own program starting in pre-kindergarten through the 5th grade, seven years, and most do not or do not want to learn English. But the Feds and Texas continue to flood the school system with our money. Don't be concerned, the ILLEGALS do not have any intention of learning English! They want to take over the U.S. for their Third World home countries or at the very least turn the U.S. into just another Third World Country so they may feel more at home!

"Teachers" in the Texas ILLEGALS (bilingual) pre-kindergarten - 5th grade program receive several thousand dollars per year more than the real TEACHERS who work with the "NON-ILLEGALS"!!!!

The State of Texas claims they pay bilingual teachers extra because they are hard to find and have additional credentials. Most have less educational credentials than real teachers, many do not have educational degrees or for that fact most do not have advanced degrees that are required for real teachers. The only additional credentials are the ability to converse in Spanish. United States elementary students should not be required to learn in Spanish, the reason for the "bilingual program (ILLEGAL program)" is that we are forced to "educate" the ILLEGALS and their Anchors!

Poverty, dropout rates bode grim future for state
Forecast shows incomes plunging if nothing is done
By GARY SCHARRER
AUSTIN BUREAU
June 20, 2010, 11:44PM

AUSTIN — The demographer who warned a decade ago about Texas' unhappy mix of dismal education achievement and high poverty is more concerned than ever. Actually, he's frightened.

Also getting restless are growing numbers of Texas business executives. Some don't see much leadership from politicians or the private sector in attacking the trend line that demographer Steve Murdock says will result in three of every 10 workers not having a high school education by 2040.

"I don't see business rearing up, and I sure don't see the state Legislature, with an $18 billion problem, saying, 'Man, we really need to muscle this thing up.' I think the thing that's going to change it is going to be another lawsuit," said Jack Lowe, chairman of Dallas-based TDI Industries and a board member of the Texas Business and Education Coalition.

The state's public schools have more and more low-income kids and persistently high dropout rates - and unless that changes, the future of Texas will contain more long-term unemployment and poverty - and more folks depending on food stamps, Medicaid and CHIP, Murdock said. Higher incarceration rates also can be expected.

"Clearly, with the dismal levels that we have in terms of education right now, that's clearly where we're headed," Murdock said.

The trend line also is clear: School districts with large numbers of low-income students have higher dropout rates. Large school districts where low-income students make up at least 80 percent of the enrollment have dropout/attrition rates of 50 percent or more.

Murdock, a sociology professor at Rice University who headed the U.S. Census Bureau in the recent Bush administration, said Texas' large, young population would give the state a competitive advantage if educated and trained for the work force. Increasing the college graduation rate of Hispanics and African-Americans to that of whites could mean about $300 billion a year in additional income for Texans, he said.

"Every kid deserves to be educated, and we're going to figure out what it takes and do it," said Bill Hammond, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business. "The only way we will turn around public education in Texas is for the business community to realize that their future is at stake."

If nothing changes, average Texas household incomes will be about $6,500 lower in 30 years than they were in 2000, according to Murdock's projections. That number is not adjusted for inflation, so it would be worse than it appears.

"It frightens me because it makes it difficult for Texas to achieve the things that all Texans want to achieve - that is, to be very competitive, to be an economic leader in the country and world," Murdock said.

Solutions offered
He sees only two solutions: Texas must do more to prepare preschoolers and must boost grants to provide financial help for college.

"The data seems to show that if a kid walks into a learning situation for the first time when they are 5 or 6, that's probably too late," he said.

The exact extent of the dropout problem is unknown. But each year, more than 130,000 Texas students who entered high school as 9th-graders do not graduate with their class, costing Texans $377 million every year in Medicaid, prison expenses and lost tax revenues, according to a 2007 report by The Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation.

Some work force experts say schools must work more closely with employers to include more career and technology pathways.

"If it is proven that relevant, hands-on education keeps them in school and they have lower dropout rates, then we have got to acclimate those students to a relevant education," said Terri Patterson, director of Workforce Development for the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance and a member of the Texas Business and Education Coalition.

Murdock said it's critical for Texans to understand "that our future is tied to these kids' future."

Hammond, head of the Texas business group, noted that much of the state's leadership looks like him - Anglo - and said they "do not understand that in 20 years time, their children are going to face a bleak future in spite of the fact that they have a college education because there are not going to be enough educated workers to move the economy ahead."

gscharrer@express-news.net

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ScatterGun wrote:
So the dropout rate is increasing as the number of anchor babies increase, can't say I'm surprised.
6/20/2010 11:51:05 PM
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