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Not sure when folks like you will get it.  You whole approach is a little bit like saying, "When will public health officials get it???  While putting suntan lotion on a baby will help prevent sunburn, what's really the problem is that the sun puts out harmful UV rays!!"

Great.  The fact that we can identify an environmental factor about which we can do nothing has no bearing on whether we should take steps which we *can* control.

How is it possible not to comprehend this?[/quote]

Not sure when folks like you will stop disparaging people who don't hold your views will get that it's not a simple matter of not getting it -- that such an attitude is writing off other people's opinions and alternative solutions, without considering that there is something to them, especially given that the things we "can" control aren't helping the situation. (In contrast, suntan lotion actually prevents sunburn)

Who says "we' cant do anything about environmental factors?  Maybe that's true if "we are school administrators who have justified  our whole existence around getting kids scores up.

What if those steps -- focusing completely on teacher quality -- as measured by newly minted and questionable evaluation instruments like IMPACT and teacher auditioning and money, merit pay for teachers, capital gains for students -- aren't working?

When do we "get" that the school system or the larger society - SOMETHING - has to try to address those factors or the kids won't be helped?   When do we "get" that continuing down the current path just keeps paying the salaries of failed reformers - who can only blame others for educational failures.

Teachers and involved parents have always understood the importance of outside factors in kids' education.  How much longer are the kids going to suffer before reformers get this and try to address it or get out?[/quote]

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