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Educating beyond poverty
- 06-16-2011
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Blog by Tim King/Huffington Post
One of the most baffling and counterproductive elements of school reform debates is when educators of different ideological persuasions look to diminish the accomplishments of public schools that are succeeding with disadvantaged students. Recently, in the New York Times and Education Week, education historian Diane Ravitch criticized the performance of several schools that President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan praised for improving achievement and attainment among low-income students. Ravitch and a number of like-minded critics seem intent on demonstrating that schools cannot overcome the burdens of poverty. As the founder of Urban Prep Academies, operator of one of the schools that Ravitch criticized, I respectfully disagree. (more...)
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