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"While black and Hispanic students did better on the math and reading exams this year compared with 2013, the achievement gap still worsened, since white and Asian kids saw bigger increases.
Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge said the findings should shock the city Education Department into taking better steps to help struggling kids.
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Although this is a NYC problem, one can only wonder if President Obama is taking notice, and preparing an "If I had a son, he too, would have failed that exam" speech.
It should be interesting to see how DeBlasio tackles the "system" to correct it's past mistakes.
The achievement gap exists in every school district in the entire country. More money has been spent on closing the achievement gap than was spent on the Apollo space missions or on the Manhattan Project. There has never been any method found to make all children perform equally well on standardized tests.
The achievement gap exists in every school district in the entire country. More money has been spent on closing the achievement gap than was spent on the Apollo space missions or on the Manhattan Project. There has never been any method found to make all children perform equally well on standardized tests.
The way children preform better has very little to do with schools.
The home environment is what determines the success of a student.
The achievement gap exists in every school district in the entire country. More money has been spent on closing the achievement gap than the was spent on the Apollo space missions or on the Manhattan Project. There has never been any method found to make all children perform equally well on standardized tests.
There are different kinds of intelligence and scholastic achievement is so profoundly affected by the culture in the home.
That's why I believe in smaller, neighborhood schools. Kids from better homes should not be held back by kids who disrupt class and cause distractions.
I cannot think of anything more un-American than that.
There are different kinds of intelligence and scholastic achievement is so profoundly affected by the culture in the home.
That's why I believe in smaller, neighborhood schools. Kids from better homes should not be held back by kids who disrupt class and cause distractions.
I cannot think of anything more un-American than that.
So, to hell with those people in the poor neighborhoods, eh? I live in a nice middle class neighborhood with some poor neighborhoods nearby, and there are plenty of kids from the poor neighborhoods with potential. Of course, I live in the suburbs so it's not exactly the hood. A lot of these working class kids are at least in two-parent homes. It seems to me that by middle school they tend to separate the kids who want to learn from the kids who don't with pre-AP classes.
I think this is a cultural issue of poverty, expectations and standards being set at home that migrate into the classroom.
Sadly, at this point only more division and differentiation is going to work here. I think the US should institute something like the Netherlands where after middle school, kids are divided into separate high schools based on ability. Schools need to be tailored to a students needs.
The way children preform better has very little to do with schools.
The home environment is what determines the success of a student.
Some students are smarter than others. The home environment is a factor, but it is a small one compared to the natural ability of the student.
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