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Sir Ken Robinson has a lot to say about U.S. school reform (it isn't good) - The Washin... - 0 views

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    "Sir Ken Robinson has a lot to say about U.S. school reform (it isn't good)"
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Why the debate between Diane Ravitch and Merryl Tisch was remarkable - The Washington Post - 0 views

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Poor kids who do everything right don't do better than rich kids who do everything wron... - 0 views

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  • America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others.
  • it's not just a matter of dollars and cents. It's also a matter of letters and words. Affluent parents talk to their kids three more hours a week on average than poor parents, which is critical during a child's formative early years.
  • Even poor kids who do everything right don't do much better than rich kids who do everything wrong. Advantages and disadvantages, in other words, tend to perpetuate themselves.
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  • Specifically, rich high school dropouts remain in the top about as much as poor college grads stay stuck in the bottom — 14 versus 16 percent, respectively.
  • It's an extreme example of what economists call "opportunity hoarding."
  • It's not quite a heads-I-win, tails-you-lose game where rich kids get better educations, yet still get ahead even if they don't—but it's close enough.
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A surprising new argument against using kids' test scores to grade their teachers - The... - 1 views

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  • This dispute is just one example of the mathematical acrobatics required to isolate the effect of one teacher on their students' test scores, when so many other factors inside and outside the school's walls affect how students perform.
  • When a teacher whose students do well on tests moves to a school where test scores were improving the previous year, and average scores continue improving after that teacher arrives, it is hard to know how much of that continued improvement is due to the new teacher and how much to other factors.
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