Something, that’s often overlooked in this regard, is that in homes in which there is no father there is a higher drop out rate. Homes in which the father is not involved, also have a higher drop out rate.

Yet, the county of Los Angeles and the State of California, benefit from this because, without a father in the home, child support orders are higher, and the money paid to the state and county from Federal Grant money is higher. Because it’s based on the dollar amount collected.

So, therefore single custody with mother is the favored custody because that results in the highest support orders.

And also, since support awards are also based on visitation, cutting down on the time men spend with their children, results in a bigger pay day for the county and state.

It also “helps” raise test scores, in a cynical way.  In some places, kids are pushed out the door. NYC education is a mess.  Mayoral control is going back to what was about a hundred years ago.  For some good radio, archived shows of “Education at the Crossroads”, produced by Basir Mchawi, WBAI 99.5FM http://www.wbai.org. Free, archived for 90 days.  Station is in fundraising mode now.

Ed, think Afganistan. There’s a market for cannon fodder these days & in many areas it’s the only employment option around. What’s even worse than the dropout rates is the pap that passes for education these days. It’s really more about social conditioning for our brave new world.

That’s amazing. After a few years of this, Angelinos will find themselves living in a nightmarish dystopia, overrun by hordes of completely feral, unemployable, desperately poor, violent young people. It will be impossible to have any sort of civil society under such conditions. Once this social structure is established, it’s hard to see how it can be undone. You can’t just get rid of these people.