Urban Schools Need Better Teachers, Not Excuses, to Close the Education Gap - US News a... - 6 views
-
Lauren Dunlap on 14 May 12No single impediment to closing the nation's shameful achievement gap looms larger than the culture of excuse that now permeates our schools. Too many educators today excuse teachers, principals, and school superintendents who fail to substantially raise the performance of low-income minority students by claiming that schools cannot really be held accountable for student achievement because disadvantaged students bear multiple burdens of poverty.
- ...5 more comments...
-
Amanda McIntyre on 19 May 12I think a teacher's years of experience should matter because it carries over to how effective they are. A first year third grade teacher is not going to as effective as a ten-year third grade teacher.
-
Brian Murphy on 20 May 12Very convincing and persuasive......because we all want to believe that it's that easy. If we are good teachers, all the education problems are solved. Poverty will be eliminated and suffering will cease because we, as teachers, have that power. After all, most of us probably went in to education to help others and be an instrument of change in the world. But I have a hard time believing that it's really that simple. I would like to dig a little deeper into the statistical improvements that the stated charter schools have made. I don't want to give off the impression that i don't think there is a solution to the problems of educating the economically challenged. I believe education is the answer to a better world. But I don't believe the answer education's woes is as simple as "no excuses".