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"Kicking the Teachers out is not the Answer"
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Will Clark said...
David,
I totally agree with your experienced opinion. Fifteen years of my research and writing have been targeted toward this question of education. Two research sources support exactly what you are saying. First is the 1966 Equality of Educational Opportunity Study (EEOS) by James Coleman. It’s also known as the ‘Coleman Report.’ Second are statistical analysis from demographic information.
The EEOS was commissioned to prove that the money difference between schools for blacks and whites was the defining difference in education results. Coleman’s findings resulted in a totally different conclusion. The conclusion was that the family culture made the difference in education results. Since this was not the ‘politically correct’ finding, politicians and education elitists discredited Coleman, and finally forced him to amend his findings to their aims. This resulted in the ‘social capital’ concept that guides our education policies today - mixing students so ‘bad’ students can absorb ‘good’ students’ behavioral concepts and results.
Direct statistical analysis used to be conveniently available in one chart to compare school results with other demographic data such as: poverty rate, racial mix, drop-out rates, and graduation rates. That chart is no longer available (political correctness) and has to be foraged from different sources. I gather my data from the annual ‘World Report and Book of Facts.’ Some information is hidden in state demographics which can be merged into the national charts.
The results have been the same for the past 15 years. Schools, money and teachers are not nearly as important to education results as are family, culture, and aspirations.
God bless our great teachers who must suffer through this atrocity.
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