Poverty no longer is accepted as an insurmountable brick wall but as an obstacle to overcome.
Those running magnet schools and parochial schools never thought it was.
Studies show they (at risk students) benefit most from smaller classes.
Could you cite one non-NEA funded study that demonstrates this?
Schools with strong administrative leaders and involved, creative faculty do well; parental involvement and community support are essential for success
Well duh! Unfortunately the last thing the teachers want is anyone checking up on them.
Stuents at the five Miami-Dade schools that twice have received F's now are eligible for vouchers that can be used at private schools. But students' options are severely limited by the few private schools willing or qualified to accept them
Gee does this guy really think that people were going to build schools before there were students who were going to attend? Give the market a year or two to catch up. are we teaching to the test or teaching the necessary skills for success?
In some of these schools it seems teaching anything would be an improvement.
As a business person I could not succeed without having goals that I set for my team and then had regularly review to see if we had achieved them. Finally someone has translated this to government. Kudos to Jeb.
Gee does this guy really think that people were going to build schools before there were students who were going to attend? Give the market a year or two to catch up.I am coming to suspect that socialists make a special point of ignoring the factor of time. The future and the past are subordinated to the all-important NOW.
Think of Sowell's point about the income quintiles: the income distribution can be static while basically the whole population is increasing in income--because the individuals are getting more experience and income, but the lowest bracket is constantly replenished with callow youth. That enormous effect on individuals is completely masked by a statistic which has no reference to time.