The No Child Left Behind Act has schools freaked. That's the only explanation I can take from this: Mount Diablo High School in Northern California has taken to separating students based on race to give them assembly pep talks about improving their test scores.
The principal said, "Blah blah blah -- I'm not racist, I swear." While parents and students said the alarming policy smacks of modern-day segregation. "Teaching the test" is bad enough -- it robs students of the fundamental building blocks that teach how to learn, not what to learn.
But segregating students and shouting slogans like "What up white people!" is beyond the pale. If this is just one whack-job school having fun at the expense of students, fine -- fire the morons in charge and move on. But if this is just an example of the lengths schools feel they must go to in order to not get left behind, add this to the long list of reasons I can't wait for 2008.
