tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8063295295750860648..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Back to School: Fight Crime, Invest in KidsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73383598974112124802011-12-01T07:52:37.394-06:002011-12-01T07:52:37.394-06:00Quite useful piece of writing, thanks for this pos...Quite useful piece of writing, thanks for this post.www.estadisticasweb.bizhttp://www.estadisticasweb.biznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68852984304865696242008-08-28T13:31:00.000-05:002008-08-28T13:31:00.000-05:00By the time the kid is born the father is "unknown...By the time the kid is born the father is "unknown." If you don't believe me, just look at the birth certificates. Father's name is left blank. How does this happen? What happens to memory in nine months? <BR/><BR/>I know that many are eager to rush in and foot the bill (taxes) for Mr. Unknown, but shouldn't his name at least be listed? <BR/><BR/>Is that too much to ask? Some of us would even say, "why not collect from Mr. Unknown.?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34351880693461742622008-08-28T12:00:00.000-05:002008-08-28T12:00:00.000-05:00Well, we can say: "If kids get strong start early ...Well, we can say: "If kids get strong start early in life, we can cut our dropout rate and improve our communities," Lynch said. "To help more kids get that strong start, we need to fund early childhood education programs and ensure that every child that qualifies is able to enroll."<BR/> <BR/>Other folks say, why do we always let the child's father off the hook? Why be so eager to shift this responsibility to the tax payers? You may say nobody can locate these fathers. Well, think about that - they are invisible now but were they always invisible? Doesn't at least one person know their name?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64202476972264858322008-08-27T10:40:00.000-05:002008-08-27T10:40:00.000-05:00It's painfully obvious that if Texas would spend h...It's painfully obvious that if Texas would spend half what it spends on prisons instead on schools, they wouldn't need all the prisons. When they've finally locked up half the population of Texas, and the other half is footing the bill, we can give it all back to Mexico. Good riddance. An EX-Texas resident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64293197374336667902008-08-26T06:32:00.000-05:002008-08-26T06:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for the correction, folks, I fixed it in th...Thanks for the correction, folks, I fixed it in the text.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48967271360227048422008-08-25T22:37:00.000-05:002008-08-25T22:37:00.000-05:00The dropout rate numbers given in this article are...The dropout rate numbers given in this article are NOT dropout rates but graduation rates! Dallas actually only had 41% of the 9th grade enrollment from the class of 2008 receive a diploma! Look at the numbers at www.studentmotivation.org/Dallasisd.htm. Our dropout/attrition rate is 59%! It is not a pretty picture! Dallas is at the bottom of the heap in Texas for the worst statistics. <BR/><BR/>The good news is that our School Archive Project in Dallas is lowering these same dropout rates over 25% with a project costing $2/student. Can we ignore that? Study the details at www.studentmotivation.org.Bill Betzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806780572021894097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12290045548137297982008-08-25T15:39:00.000-05:002008-08-25T15:39:00.000-05:00Staggering numbers, Scott.BBStaggering numbers, Scott.<BR/><BR/>BBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21482597558371832442008-08-25T11:28:00.000-05:002008-08-25T11:28:00.000-05:00The statistics make "No child left behind" a out a...The statistics make "No child left behind" a out and out lie.<BR/><BR/>Education is the foundation to a stong democracy and I agree with you it is important for public safety.<BR/><BR/>The reduction of incarceration rates has to be done by eliminating crimes with no victims that unjustly punish society. Everyone pays a very high price whith each and every person tht is sentpeople to prison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com