The wealth gap and segregation in the U.S. grows. So does the gap in PISA scores. Don’t tell me there is no correlation. – Fred Klonsky

The wealth gap and segregation in the U.S. grows. So does the gap in PISA scores. Don’t tell me there is no correlation. – Fred Klonsky

THE WEALTH GAP AND SEGREGATION IN THE U.S. GROWS. SO DOES THE GAP IN PISA SCORES. DON’T TELL ME THERE IS NO CORRELATION.

The results are in and two decades of corporate school reform gets poor growth scores.

Common Core, Race to the top, Every Student Succeeds.

Some of the reforms had national and state teacher union support. I recall being told by AFT and NEA leaders that Every Student Succeeds needed my best lobby efforts.

It is a bust.

Dana Goldstein in the New York Times today:

Although the top quarter of American students have improved their performance on the exam since 2012, the bottom 10th percentile lost ground, according to an analysis by the National Center for Education Statistics, a federal agency.

Forbes:

The top 10% of the wealth distribution hold a large and growing share of U.S. aggregate wealth, while the bottom half hold a barely visible share.

I claim there’s a correlation between these to facts.

In the face of failure some in charge argue we should do nothing.

“Some education leaders said they saw no reason to drastically change policy CONTINUE READING: The wealth gap and segregation in the U.S. grows. So does the gap in PISA scores. Don’t tell me there is no correlation. – Fred Klonsky