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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cultural differences are very real and are perhaps impossible to change unless the subject is immersed in a new culture.  The intractability of the problem may be the cause of the psychological malfunction, or loss of objectivity if you prefer.  If you devote your career to honing youths' intellect, and care about the field incredibly, but are faced with a problem in education that you cannot solve, it may be difficult to accept.[/quote]

This sounds lovely and sweet. You seem to be incredibly kind. But an educational leader faced with the task of improving academic outcomes for all  MUST be real about what's going on and what it will take to achieve the goal. The problem is that urban ed has become a paycheck for many people. There's no real interest in truly improving outcomes for poor students. That's why they manipulate and play numbers games. I think there's more ego than genuine hopelessness. If you start pointing the finger at those at the top and holding them accountable for their failing systems, I'm sure they'll become clear REAL QUICK about what needs to happen in order for their students to succeed. But as long as they're able to sit comfy in their jobs, they'll continue to play blind and dumb in order to keep their checks rolling in.

But we do agree there's a psychological malfunction. I'll add to that an issue with integrity. Those guys know what they're doing.[/quote]

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