tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post6498873150671032415..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Where is the Casino Money?Dr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-3920990933944459622013-03-24T07:17:46.190-04:002013-03-24T07:17:46.190-04:00My post wasn't necessariy about "why Indi...My post wasn't necessariy about "why Indian schools suck"; I think <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/in-remote-alaskan-villages-teachers-struggle-to-make-school-meaningful/273596" rel="nofollow">this article</a> (H.T.: <a href="http://hitcoffee.com/file/3566/" rel="nofollow">Trumwill</a>) gives some insight as to why "native" people aren't living up to even their limited potential. My question is why can't the Indians' new wealth find its way to their schools if they want it to.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-40068017061883463602013-03-23T23:55:45.431-04:002013-03-23T23:55:45.431-04:00In principle Indians tribes may have the right to ...In principle Indians tribes may have the right to tax, and perhaps they do some extent. Other hand, have you ever taken a good look at reservations? They've got no industrries as a rule, they aren't stuffed with thriving suburbs, and they're mostly located on the land white settlers didn't want 150 years ago. The average big city slum has a better tax base, and in most states the slum school gets a couple slivers of income from sizable non-slum communities. <br /><br />That's point 1. You might also contemplate that until well into the 20th century, the federal government was strongly opposed to Indian's educating themselves, and ran its own far-off-the-reservation school system for Indian children. This didn't really start to change until the 1960's, when the Indians started to get "militant."<br /><br />Putting all this together, Indians basically don't have wonderful school systems for the sorts of reasons southern blacks didn't have wonderful school systems in the 1950's -- shortage of funds, lack of tradition, and surrounding communities perfectly content with this situation.<br /><br />To be fair, the situation improves with time. Southern blacks have been admitted to top ranked universities, and ditto for American Indians, and I doubt we'll ever go back to the conditions of 1900. But it'll take a while for the sweetness and light to get spread out.mike shupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383379836883992742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-78117391082510599212013-03-13T07:02:12.742-04:002013-03-13T07:02:12.742-04:00http://www.bia.gov/FAQs/index.htm
Looks to me lik...http://www.bia.gov/FAQs/index.htm<br /><br />Looks to me like the Injuns are not subject to state and local property taxes, but they most certainly do have the power to levy taxes ("Tribes, therefore, possess the right to form their own governments; to make and enforce laws, both civil and criminal; <b>to tax</b>; to establish and determine membership (i.e., tribal citizenship); to license and regulate activities within their jurisdiction; to zone; and to exclude persons from tribal lands.")<br /><br />Therefore, there is no reason they can't spend mo' money on their schools if the Feds don't ante up; they just don't wanna.Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748293799490877339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-67184912450021076332013-03-10T21:28:26.471-04:002013-03-10T21:28:26.471-04:00"DoDDS only operates schools on bases oversea...<i>"DoDDS only operates schools on bases overseas."</i><br /><br />That is my understanding as well.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-76285353581503481332013-03-09T14:43:21.708-05:002013-03-09T14:43:21.708-05:00EW: well said. Case in point: Lackland AFB, TX ...EW: well said. Case in point: Lackland AFB, TX (near San Antonio). The base is surrounded by a (mostly) Hispanic slum. Not scary like a Black slum, but the schools of the area are rated 2 - 3. The school <i>on</i> Lackland is an 8.<br /><br />But the important thing to understand is that, unless my information is wrong, DoDDS only operates schools on bases overseas.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-27931188039195374282013-03-09T08:37:02.581-05:002013-03-09T08:37:02.581-05:00...where such slums exist, helps explain why schoo......where such slums exist, helps explain why schools with large numbers of mil-affiliated students do better than those without.<br /><br />Anecdotally, I've observed that schools located immediately off-base or are "open campus" don't do well or, if mediocre, would be far worse were it not for the large population of mil-affiliated children with invested parents propping things up.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-11935494652938912872013-03-09T08:32:38.820-05:002013-03-09T08:32:38.820-05:00Had a large, well-linked comment, but Blogger ate ...Had a large, well-linked comment, but Blogger ate it. Feh.<br /><br />High points were that DoDDS schools <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/education/military-children-outdo-public-school-students-on-naep-tests.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow">outperform</a> civilian schools and that mil-affiliated schools (both the ones on installation but run by PS districts as well as ones off-installation) <a href="http://www.militaryk12partners.dodea.edu/docs/2011-rtc-ed-options.pdf" rel="nofollow">did slightly better</a> but the edge was due to demographics...i.e., slightly more white, slightly less hispanic, less poverty, less disabilities.<br /><br />I speculate also that other factors, such as marital status (mil couples <a href="http://paa2008.princeton.edu/papers/81696" rel="nofollow">more likely to be married</a> and less likely to be divorce) and mil parents deliberately domiciling in areas with good schools and avoiding the schools in the "gate slums", where such slums exist.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.com