Do American rich kids do worse on international tests than rich kids from other countries?
Do American Rich Kids do Worse on International Tests than Rich Kids from Other Countries? Stephen KrashenHanushek, Peterson and Woessmann (2014) claim that when we examine students from "advantaged" families, American students do poorly in math: Our rich kids do worse than rich kids from other countries. Hanushek et. al. conclude that this shows that poverty is not the only fact
From Korea to KIPP: "production, performance, and obedience"
Reading the essay by Se-Woong Koo on the South Korean system of educational child abuse, I was struck by how much of what he said could have come from former teachers of KIPP who have since let their conscience be their guides: incredible stress, diminished affect, clumps of hair falling out, physical and psychological breakdowns, enraged screaming teachers, incredibly long hours, constant demands
8-2-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Schools Matter All WeekSchool Board Says No to Lily-White CharterFayette County, Georgia is over 70 percent white and its median household income is almost twice the state average. But that is still not white enough or rich enough to suit some Fayette Countians who want their home-schooled or privately-educated children now supported with state funds intended children who choose