Monday, December 17, 2001

School Defies the Odds and Offers a Lesson
"How many effective schools do we have to see in this country before we conclude that it's not the kids?" asked Kati Haycock, executive director of Education Trust. She quoted Ron Edmonds, an education researcher, who said, "If your answer is more than one, then I submit that you have reasons of your own for preferring to believe that pupil performance derives from family background instead of school response to family background."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/17/education/17EDUC.html?todaysheadlines&pagewanted=all

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