Our Call to Action - Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools

[johnkarls]

From: ReadingLiberallyEmailList@johnkarls.com
To: ReadingLiberallyEmailList@johnkarls.com
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Subject: CALL TO ACTION - Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools - Only 5 Minutes Needed to Answer the Call to Action

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time: 0558 EST > 0835 EST
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Dear Friends,

(Info about our February 11 meeting omitted.)

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CALL TO ACTION - Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools

We take pride in the fact that there are NO MORE THAN SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION between us and 100% of the American electorate.

And that, on important occasions, we can send to all of our friends and acquaintances an already-prepared e-mail (1) for them to send to America's decision maker(s) to influence governmental policy, and (2) for them to send to all of their friends and acquaintances to do the same in an unending chain.

At our meeting this past Wednesday, we decided that this was one of those occasions. That all of us should (1) contact President Barack Obama, and (2) contact all of our friends and acquaintances requesting them to do the same in an unending chain -

to urge President Obama (A) in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2007 reversal of Brown v. Board and return to separate AND UNEQUAL public schools, and (B) faced with the inconvenient truth that America has produced a permanent inner-city under-class despite identical-twin studies that consistently show that inner-city IQ's are equal to suburban IQ's, and (C) in recognition of the fact that A SURROGATE PARENT (a tutor, mentor, etc., who is able to bond with an inner-city student) is THE ONLY FACTOR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A QUANTUM TRANSFORMATION OF INNER-CITY H.S. GRADUATION RATES from single digits to 65%-70%:

(1) to use a portion of his proposed economic-stimulus funds to replace some of the failing inner-city schools with federally financed and operated K-12 magnet schools that attract suburban students who, together with their families, will become SURROGATE FAMILIES for the inner-city students; and

(2) as such federal K-12 magnet schools prove their worth, to dedicate a portion of the $10 billion/month savings from winding up the war in Iraq to replacing all failing inner-city schools with such federal K-12 magnet schools.

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ANSWERING THE CALL TO ACTION IN 5 MINUTES

Below is an already-prepared e-mail that you can use for this purpose.

All you have to do is -

(1) hit your e-mail forward button and erase from this e-mail which will now be forwarded, everything down through the line of asterisks following the second PS below, and then put the e-mail addresses of all your friends and acquaintances into the address section.

(2) send to President Barack Obama a copy of the already-prepared message following the instructions contained in the e-mail message you are forwarding to all your friends and acquaintances.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

Your friend,

John K.

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Note - In forwarding this e-mail to all of your friends and acquaintances you should, after pressing your e-mail forward button, erase from this e-mail now being forwarded everything through the following line(s) of asterisks.

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Dear Friends,

Single-digit high school graduation rates and the overwhelming majority of households headed by single-adult druggies who turn over any receipts to the pusher so the kids have to steal just in order to eat were typical conditions for the first 180 I-Have-A-Dream Programs in 50 American cities as documented by John Karls, IHAD's volunteer national treasurer in the 1990's. He also documented that A SURROGATE PARENT (a tutor, mentor, etc., who is able to bond with the Dreamer) is THE ONLY FACTOR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A QUANTUM TRANSFORMATION OF H.S. GRADUATION RATES from single digits to 65%-70%. (For further details, please see http://www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org.)

In the wake of the Supreme Court's 2007 reversal of Brown v. Board and return to separate AND UNEQUAL public schools, and faced with the inconvenient truth that America has produced a permanent inner-city under-class despite identical-twin studies that consistently show that inner-city IQ's are equal to suburban IQ's, it is respectfully recommended that President Obama -

(1) use a portion of his proposed economic-stimulus funds to replace some of the failing inner-city schools with federally financed and operated K-12 magnet schools that attract suburban students whose families will become SURROGATE FAMILIES for the inner-city students; and

(2) as such federal K-12 magnet schools prove their worth, dedicate a portion of the $10 billion/month savings from winding up the war in Iraq to replacing all failing inner-city schools with such federal K-12 magnet schools.

I have received an e-mail from a friend requesting that all Americans contact President Barack Obama to urge that he champion federal K-12 magnet schools.

If you agree with our proposal, please

(1) hit your e-mail forward button and put the e-mail addresses of all your friends and acquaintances into the address section so that, through no more than six degrees of separation to 100% of the American population, we reach everyone, and

(2) send to President Obama a copy of the following message at http://www.change.gov/page/s/contact (which will require (A) inputting your name, address and e-mail address), (B) selecting "Other" in the space for "General Area," (C) typing or cutting-pasting in the space for "Subject" - "Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools" and then (D) pasting the following message into the box provided.


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President Barack Obama

Dear Mr. President:

Re: Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools

Single-digit high school graduation rates and the overwhelming majority of households headed by single-adult druggies who turn over any receipts to the pusher so the kids have to steal just in order to eat were typical conditions for the first 180 I-Have-A-Dream Programs in 50 American cities as documented by John Karls, IHAD's volunteer national treasurer in the 1990's. He also documented that A SURROGATE PARENT (a tutor, mentor, etc., who is able to bond with the Dreamer) is THE ONLY FACTOR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A QUANTUM TRANSFORMATION OF H.S. GRADUATION RATES from single digits to 65%-70%. (For further details, please see http://www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org.)

In the wake of the Supreme Court's 2007 reversal of Brown v. Board and return to separate AND UNEQUAL public schools, and faced with the inconvenient truth that America has produced a permanent inner-city under-class despite identical-twin studies that consistently show that inner-city IQ's are equal to suburban IQ's, we respectfully recommend:

(1) that a portion of your proposed economic-stimulus funds be used to replace some of the failing inner-city schools with federally financed and operated K-12 magnet schools that attract suburban students whose families will become SURROGATE FAMILIES for the inner-city students; and

(2) that as such federal K-12 magnet schools prove their worth, you dedicate a portion of the $10 billion/month savings from winding up the war in Iraq to replacing all failing inner-city schools with such federal K-12 magnet schools.


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[johnkarls]

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Subject: Thank you for your message re: Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools
From: "Obama Biden Presidential Transition" <info@ptt.gov>
Date: Sat, January 17, 2009 2:53 am (Editorial Note - this must have been Greenwich Mean Time)
To: John Karls
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Dear John Karls,

Thank you for your interest in the incoming administration and the Obama-Biden Transition project. On November 4th, millions of Americans challenged the status quo by standing for change. The change that Americans called for was not just new policies – but a new type of politics in Washington. The Obama-Biden Transition Project is working to build the staff and the policy agenda of the new administration to make the promise of change into a reality.

We value your message and welcome your thoughts, stories and questions as President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden prepare to take office. We hope you’ll continue to be active and we have set up many places on the website where you can give us your input.

To learn more about the Obama-Biden policy agenda and share your ideas, please click here:
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To share your American story, please click here: http://www.change.gov/page/content/americanmoment

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We appreciate hearing from you and hope you will continue to participate. Although we may not be able to address each message individually, your input and the input of millions of other Americans will continue to guide President-elect Obama.

Again, thank you for your message.

Sincerely,
The Obama-Biden Transition Project



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[UtahOwl]

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Subject: Re: Re: - Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools - Vote for it on Citizens Briefing Book, the Obama Admin website - voting closes tonight!
From: readingliberallyemaillist@johnkarls.com
Date: Sun, January 18, 2009 7:09 pm
To: "Dr. June S. Taylor"
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Dear June,

I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to chat this morning.

But thank you for the "heads up" about the "wrap up" of the "Citizens
Briefing Book" which is very confusing!!!

I tried a few moments ago (after 6:00 pm MST) to access
http://www.change.gov/page/s/contact, which is the "suggestion box" for the
President Elect, and it worked just fine!!!

In addition, it would seem somewhat strange for Barack Obama to go
incommunicado, even for a brief period of time!!!

We had this problem with our "Call to Action" following our November
meeting when http://www.change.gov was established within 24 hours following our
Saturday weekly e-mail and I had to put out a Sunday e-mail to provide the
new URL/suggestion box.

I am guessing that http://www.change.com can continue as the new "suggestion box"
of the President (vs. the old "suggestion box" of the President-ELECT).

And that the only significance of the "wrap up" of the "Citizens Briefing
Book" (assuming that it is even connected to the old suggestion box, which
I concede seems to be the implication) is that suggestions received after
6:00 pm today (presumably EST) will be presented to Barack Obama on a
regular basis following his inaugeration.

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The main reason for regretting not chatting with you this morning is my
continuing to cogitate about your 15% figure Wednesday evening -- that
studies show that if the minority student population in a school exceeds
15%, whites will flee.

I am guessing that this is the normal "tipping point" if no extraordinary
factors are present.

However, it strikes me that 15% is not a universal law that can be applied
in all situations.

For example, if we skip to the college level for a moment, I would suspect
that if Harvard College decided to admit a freshman class whose minority
composition exceeded 15%, even by a vast margin, we would NOT witness mass
transfers (or even a reduction in quality applications for the following
year).

And rather than wasting a lot of time with examples on the "road back"
from Harvard College to federally financed and operated K-12 magnet
schools on which sufficient resources are lavished to make them effective
magnets, the 15% "law" would not hold either. Again, it would depend on a
mix of factors, including how lavish the resources are (I could
hypothesize, for example, a K-12 faculty and facilities that would rival
Harvard, etc., etc. -- and a Harvard/Yale/Princeton matriculation rate
that rivals Milton/Exeter/Groton).

That, of course, was the reason behind formulating the "think piece" as
federally financed and operated K-12 magnet schools whose capacity was a
SUFFICIENT MULTIPLE of the capacity of the failing inner-city schools
being replaced and the operating budget a SUFFICIENT MULTIPLE of the
per-student operating budgets of the surrounding suburbs, that the federal
schools would be successful magnets.

My recollection is that our discussion also included the concept of
starting with a "safety margin" in terms of the two multiples and the
percentage minority population admitted initially, to insure success.
With "pusing the envelope" to come later.

Though, of course, I will concede that in a 150-200 word recommendation to
Barack Obama, one doesn't have the luxury of detail (which, of course, was
the reason for the reference to our bulletin board where the detail is
provided -- though I wouldn't dream that Barack Obama's staff would
actually take the time to go to our bulletin board).

Though, on the other hand, I wouldn't have a heart attack if that
happened. After all, 12-15 IHAD projects were in Chicago and, as a
community organizer, Barack Obama had to be intimately acquainted with
IHAD generally and the local IHAD projects in the community he was busy
organizing. And quite a high percentage of his staff comes with him from
Chicago and shared many of his experiences.

So there we have it. Voilà.

Your friend,

John K.


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Subject: Re: - Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools - Vote for it on Citizens Briefing Book, the Obama Admin website - voting closes tonight!
From: "Dr. June S. Taylor"
Date: Sun, January 18, 2009 1:59 pm
To: readingliberallyemaillist@johnkarls.com
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Do it NOW at http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/
...you will have to sign in, & then you can vote. Search on "unequal public
school" and it will come up. But hurry - The Citizen's Briefing Book will
be open for ideas, comments, and voting until TODAY Sunday at 6pm.

----- Original Message -----
From: <readingliberallyemaillist@johnkarls.com>
To: <ReadingLiberallyEmailList@johnkarls.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 4:00 AM
Subject: CALL TO ACTION - Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools - Only 5
Minutes Needed to Answer the Call to Action

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