Contrary to other research, the socioeconomic achievement gap has remained unchanged over the past 50 years, according to a new study published by Education Next.I mean, someone must be keeping non-Asian students down, right? Right?
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However, Sawhill did not place all the blame on schools. Other factors, such as the increase in the numbers of single-family households and widening of wage gaps between upper-income households and middle- and lower-income households may also neutralize the progress.So, our culture has an effect? Who knew?!
Maybe, though, the problem is worse than this study claims:
The study findings run counter to other research, including some by Sean Reardon, of Stanford Graduate School of Education, which found that the socioeconomic achievement gap has grown significantly over the past three decades. Reardon used family income and student scores on standardized tests from other studies, including the National Education Longitudinal Study, for his research.Maybe all those unionized teachers are racists after all.
My school is the most diverse in the district. One demographic consistently scores behind others. My school has gone through draconian methods, including changing the school day schedule, to accommodate the excuses given by members of this group for not attending tutorials. Now all teachers have tutorials in the middle of the day. Big surprise. The kids with A's are there all the time, the specific demographic group never shows up even when assigned mandatory tutoring. What is more, even with what I call a very liberal retest policy, few if any ever take time away from their hour long lunch/tutorial block to retest. I note their choice next to their grade. At some point, the student has to be responsible.
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