Comments on "Arne Duncan: School Expectations Are Too Low in the United States"
From US NEWS and WORLD REPORT, Jan 14, 2014
My comments posted on:http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/01/14/arne-duncan-school expectations-are-too-low-in-the-united-states
ARE TEACHERS STUPID?
"... teachers in America often come from the bottom of the academic barrel .... Duncan said ..."
There is no evidence this is true - Please see: "Are teachers stupid?" By Jeff McQuillan: http://xmca.ucsd.edu/yarns/3792?keywords=
THE NO EXCUSES ARGUMENT, AGAIN
"(Kati) Haycock gave examples of schools across the country – such as Halle Hewetson Elementary in Las Vegas, George Hall Elementary in Mobile, Ala., and Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School in Elmont, N.Y. – with high numbers of minority and low-income students and histories of poor performance that were able to turn around due to changes in leadership, teachers, staff training and parent involvement.Now, students in those schools are outperforming students throughout the state."
This is the "no excuses argument." It has been refuted again and again by studies and