[Wash Times] President Champ will announce the first Promise Zones across the country Thursday to improve economic opportunity by partnering distressed local communities and businesses, a White House official said Wednesday. More Hope and Change.
The official said Champ will designate San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma as the first five zones. The announcement will take place in the East Room and include representatives of each of the five zones, which will be eligible for federal tax breaks. How do you say free blankets, horses, and tobak in Choctaw ?
Investing in and rebuilding hard-hit communities are important parts of the presidents plan to restore the basic bargain at the heart of the American story that every child should have a fair chance at success, the official said. We're doing it for the children.
Champ, whose policies have had little success in alleviating poverty, first announced the initiative in last years State of the Union address but hasnt designated the communities until now. The president envisions creating the zones in up to 20 communities nationwide. And "little success" will be realized here as well.
The Obama administration is urging schools to abandon overly zealous discipline policies that civil rights advocates have long said lead to a school-to-prison pipeline that discriminates against minority students.
The wide-ranging series of guidelines issued Wednesday in essence tells schools that they must adhere to the principle of fairness and equity in student discipline or face strong action if they don't. The American Civil Liberties Union called the recommendations "ground-breaking."
"A routine school disciplinary infraction should land a student in the principal's office, not in a police precinct," Attorney General Eric Holder said.
Holder said the problem often stems from well intentioned "zero-tolerance" policies that too often inject the criminal justice system into the resolution of problems. Zero tolerance policies, a tool that became popular in the 1990s, often spell out uniform and swift punishment for offenses such as truancy, smoking or carrying a weapon. Violators can lose classroom time or become saddled with a criminal record. The injustice of singling out minorities for carrying a weapon? Next, Holder will issue guidelines that prevent the disproportionate number of minorities from being arrested for murder.
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For the liberals, it has always been about race and racist tactics. Obviously being held to the same standards can't be done by minorities so they must be propped up.
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What's he's talking about is along the line of what he has implemented - two types of justices - one (much more tolerant and lenient for 'his people') and another for the rest of us.
Much like the recent 'knockout' games - if its black on white it's never a hate crime but if it's white on black it's always one.
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For example, in our investigations, we have found cases where African-American students were disciplined more harshly and more frequently because of their race than similarly situated white students.
You got that? Its because of their race - period. They dont even bother with the typical pseudo-psycho bull usually voiced with the educational achievement gap. Theres no mention of the popular lack of positive role models. No privilege, no poverty, no cultural behavior norms. Nope this one is clear systemic racism. This appears to be one of those "investigations" that started with the conclusion in mind.
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The Obama administration is urging schools to abandon overly zealous discipline policies that civil rights advocates have long said lead to a school-to-prison pipeline that discriminates against minority students.
