Thursday, August 9, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: The Obnoxious Sanctimony of Reformy Types

Jersey Jazzman: The Obnoxious Sanctimony of Reformy Types:


The Obnoxious Sanctimony of Reformy Types

Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!
The article asserts that white suburban children actually score the highest on the international assessments—rivaling the the coveted student achievement of Finland and South Korea. The article blames 35 percent of our student population—poor blacks and Latinos—for pulling down our otherwise stellar scores, making America's ranking plummet. Lind writes:
"If you look at the facts, then, they don't suggest that the U.S. public K-12 system is a failure. Rather American public education is a world-class success except among poor natives