In a perfect
world every child would attend “the best” preschool, elementary school, and
high school. Even in that ideal world of
equally resourced public schools would not produced equal educational
outcomes. However no student should struggle
in school reading and writing below grade level. Concerned individuals have to demand that government
and philanthropic resources are directed to help poorly performing students succeed
in school.
Marc Sims
Chicago
https://twitter.com/marcsimschicago
The dirty little secret about education writ large; relative performance though out life tends to be remarkably static.
A 3rd
grade reading level is a strong predictor of college completion. Relative performance though out life tends to be remarkably static.
This clip, title, and description were created by Marc Sims.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4616997/schools-college
Children who don't learn to read by the end of third grade are likely to
remain poor readers for the rest of their lives.
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2018/09/10/hard-words-why-american-kids-arent-being-taught-to-read
"The family is more important
in improving schools than the schools themselves."
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0903/page081403.asp
Only 7% of the student achievement gap is driven by teachers?
Can you accomplish educational equity within segregated
schools?
You just cannot find a school that was able to do it. What we're being
asked to do was impossible.
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Only 7% of the student achievement gap is driven by teachers?
93% of the public school student achievement gap is
due to parent income and neighborhood poverty.
C-SPAN video: The Teacher Wars: A History of
America’s Most Embattled Profession.
Watch the whole video or just move the time bar to 12:20
