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发帖数: 7272 | | l**n
发帖数: 7272 | 2 The student population at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology, Fairfax County’s elite magnet school, has seen a significant
demographic shift in the past five years, as Asian students have dominated
the applicant pool.
Since 2009, the number of Asian students admitted to Thomas Jefferson has
risen 21 percent, while the number of white students admitted fell 29
percent. The number of accepted black students — historically
underrepresented at the school — also dropped into the single digits
despite numerous school system attempts in recent years to address the
disparity.
“We are deeply disappointed that there was no meaningful change,” said
Tina Hone, a former Fairfax County School Board member and founder of the
Coalition of the Silence, an advocacy group for underrepresented students.
Last year, Hone filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of
Education alleging that the Fairfax County school system is systematically
failing to identify black, Hispanic and disabled students for gifted
education programs. The Department of Education investigation is ongoing.
This year, 3,121 students applied, and the school system admitted 480
students to the school, which focuses its curriculum on math and science.
The overall acceptance rate was about 15 percent.
But for Asian students, the acceptance rate was closer to 22 percent. For
white students, it was 11 percent, and for Hispanic students it was 5.9
percent. Black students were admitted at a rate of 2.9 percent, with just
five black students accepted to the school.
Tanisha Holland, the central-office based director of admissions for Thomas
Jefferson, said the administration wants to address racial disparity at the
school.
“We are continuing to do aggressive outreach efforts to spread the word and
promote (science, technology, engineering and math) among black and
Hispanic students,” Holland said.
Holland said a higher number of black and Hispanic students made it to the
semifinal round in the admissions process this year, which she said
demonstrates that minorities are competing for spots at TJ, as the school is
known.
Next fall’s admitted freshman class has 317 students of Asian heritage, or
about 66 percent of the class, and 123 white students, about 25 percent. The
five black students represent 1 percent of the admitted class of 2017. The
class composition is significantly different than it was in 2009, when
Asians represented 54 percent of the freshmen and whites made up about 36
percent of the class. The proportions of black and Hispanic students,
however, remain about the same.
Currently, Asian students make up about 54 percent of Thomas Jefferson
students overall, with white students at 39 percent, Hispanic students at 2
percent and black students at 1.6 percent. Throughout Fairfax County, Asians
account for 19 percent of all students, meaning they are significantly
overrepresented at the county’s best school. Black students make up 10
percent of the school system and are significantly underrepresented at TJ.
White students make up 43 percent of the county’s students; Hispanic
students represent 19 percent of the student population.
Thomas Jefferson also has few students who are eligible for free and reduced
-price meals, a measure of poverty. Students who receive such meals are one
of the fastest growing segments of the student population in Fairfax County
and now make up 26 percent of the student population. TJ had 314 such
students apply for admission this year, and just five were admitted, a rate
of about 1.6 percent.
Hone said Fairfax fails to prepare black and Hispanic elementary and middle
school students to successfully compete with their peers for admission,
leading TJ to become a “segregated school,” she said.
“Fairfax County claims to be one of the greatest school systems in the
country, but it can’t take a child in kindergarten who happens to be Latino
or black or poor and prepare them to be ready for TJ,” Hone said. | N***M
发帖数: 4295 | 3 这人光complain school system fails to prepare black and latino students to
be ready for TJ, 他指出什么具体措施了吗或者school明显的歧视吗？ | w*********s
发帖数: 8428 | 4 bullshit,干脆取消gt算了，扯淡
【在 l**n 的大作中提到】
: The student population at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
: Technology, Fairfax County’s elite magnet school, has seen a significant
: demographic shift in the past five years, as Asian students have dominated
: the applicant pool.
: Since 2009, the number of Asian students admitted to Thomas Jefferson has
: risen 21 percent, while the number of white students admitted fell 29
: percent. The number of accepted black students — historically
: underrepresented at the school — also dropped into the single digits
: despite numerous school system attempts in recent years to address the
: disparity.
| B*******a
发帖数: 794 | 5 That's why you should vote for republicans. Democrats will ruin this country
by socializing every thing.
bullshit,干脆取消gt算了，扯淡
【在 w*********s 的大作中提到】
: bullshit,干脆取消gt算了，扯淡
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