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lindysalsagal

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4. Education stats: same numbers, because it's about poverty, not teachers.

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 12:28 PM

Feb 2016

We can't close the achievement gaps for blacks and Hispanics from the board of ed: Teachers can only do their part, not the parenting.

Poor children have bigger problems than trig, chemistry, and ancient history. Solve their immediate problems and then we'll have half a chance at selling them higher ed content.

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The Enduring Solidarity of Whiteness [View all] L. Coyote Feb 2016 OP

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Education stats: same numbers, because it's about poverty, not teachers. lindysalsagal Feb 2016 #4

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