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December 16, 2005
Optimism.
Many American students don't work very hard. We don't know their potential until they're held to high expectations and taught by competent teachers. Maybe it will turn out that the gap can't be closed 100 percent. It can be narrowed.That's Joanne Jacobs on the achievement gap, and it's why you should rush out and buy a copy of Our School where you can read about people who find ways to get low-achieving students to work hard and become achievers. It's pretty inspiring stuff. It's hard -- very hard -- but it can be done.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at December 16, 2005 8:23 AM