By Mark Simon (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) For teachers, the most disheartening aspect of the Administration’s “No Child Left Behind” agenda is the dishonesty in the goals and supposed success stories. No responsible educator disagrees with the stated purpose of leaving no child behind and closing the achievement gap, but we must begin with the truth. For … [Read more...] about “What Teachers Know” by Mark Simon (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
What Teachers Know
“Symposium: Schools and the Achievement Gap” (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Richard Rothstein writes about the causes of educational disparities between poor and minority students compared to the white middle- and upper-class students. A selection of commentaries follow. Almost everyone, Right as well as Left, recognizes the great disparities that currently exist between the education generally … [Read more...] about “Symposium: Schools and the Achievement Gap” (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)
