John Kuhn: America, Stop Making Excuses for Inequality
Guest post by John Kuhn.
Part Two of two.
I ended the last posting with a list of possible causes of the superior academic results seen in Highland Park ISD as compared to Everman ISD. In this posting, I want to talk at length about causality, because it is at the core.
The battle line over causality, like all battle lines, is defined by two sides. One side shouts, "It's poverty, stupid," and the other shouts, "Quit making excuses and get results." Who to side with?
There are two main reasons I side with the poverty faction (not including the fact that I am a teacher and tend to
