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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will have a hard time finding any rigorous and peer reviewed studies in education. Education research is poorly funded unlike other aspects of public policy, economics, or science etc. Education attracts the crowd with the lowest SAT scores out of all the academic disciplines and is seen as a lower tier academic department.

You will find lots of case studies suffering from selection bias in the supporting materials. If you are a conservative and like vouchers -well there are studies and case studies showing that vouchers help low income kids. If you are a liberal and like bussing -well there are studies that show bussing can help low income kids. None of these are correct in their interpretation, they simply cherry pick one aspect and one set of cases that supports their premise. They often confuse correlation with causation. Controls are completely missing. I'm not saying that it is easy. The variables that impact education are numerous and difficult to quantify. Long range studies are problematic due to demographic shifts, shifts within educational policy, economic changes, and a general inability to track students as study participants over time. However, universities should be embarrassed that they are putting out faux scholars who can't construct and complete a quality study.  [/quote]

How about this?  Teachers and students aren't variables.  Each child is different; each teacher is different.  A teacher with a spouse who's a high earner will most likely NOT be bullied into doing something that goes against his/her beliefs.  Another teacher, who's a single parent, may feel the pressure.  A teacher nearing retirement will have the strength to say no to some unethical calls as well.  A new teacher is too clueless to know the difference.

So these studies can just go to hell.

Schools are shaped by some ridiculous national measures developed by morons who don't know anything about the classroom setting.  People forget about community-run schools.  Parents and the immediate community shape the culture. But when we destroy communities, we destroy cultures.

And that means that busing kids from low-income schools to wealthy, white schools sends the message that their communities are not valuable, and therefore, they, too, are not valuable.

When schools are run top-down, everyone loses.[/quote]

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