29 July 2011
Bill Gates recently spoke to the National Urban League, arguing that it is a “myth that we have to solve poverty before we improve education.” “Let me acknowledge that I don’t understand in a personal way the challenges that poverty creates for families, and schools and teachers,” the billionaire said at the civil rights group’s [...]
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20 July 2011
Earlier today, I referenced an interview with Jonathan Kozol, the education reformer who, along with his stirring critique of economic inequality in our schools, has consistently opposed the negative repercussions of standardized testing. In this latest interview, Kozol said: The testing agenda that Duncan is perpetuating is segregative and divisive in yet another sense. In [...]
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