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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess my non-cynical answer is that the stakes are too high to just give up on the achievement gap. Regardless of your views on different strands of how education should be reformed or not, the goal -- of providing all children with a solid education, no matter their background -- is still one worth pursuing.[/quote] My non-cynical answer is to forget about the achievement gap and concentrate on teaching kids where they are to meet their best potential. Also to acknowledge the role of family and work on ways to strengthen them or to minimize the effect of poor parental support on students. Most important is to recognize that true change takes time and the best teachers can't be bludgeoned into raising scores dramatically in a few years to show how smart administrators are. It would be nice, too, if current administrators and their supporters would admit error, but that is too much to ask.[/quote]
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