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Begin forwarded message: From: "Monty Neill" <monty@fairtest.org> Date: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:39:43 PM US/Pacific Subject: [ARN-state] rothstein: Whose Problem is Poverty? In Ed Leadership - April - a good read, clear argument from Rothstein on the need to look at both schools and other social factors - and why looking only at schools won't solve educational problems. Monty Whose Problem Is Poverty? According to author Richard Rothstein, if you send two groups of students to equally high-quality schools, the group with greater socioeconomic disadvantage will necessarily have lower average achievement than the more fortunate group. The latest Educational Leadership examines why this is so, as well as how acknowledging the effects of socioeconomic disparities on student learning is a vital step to closing the achievement gap. Read more http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.c00a836e7622024fb85516f762108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_viewID=article_view&javax.portlet.prp_818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_journalmoid=4284eb69f6a29110VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.prp_818d37ec925d82800173fc1062108a0c_articlemoid=4ba4eb69f6a29110VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=token&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=token Monty Neill, Ed.D. Deputy Director FairTest 342 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 617-864-4810 x 101; fax 617-497-2224 monty@fairtest.org http://www.fairtest.org Donate: https://secure.entango.com/servlet/donate/MnrXjT8MQqk __._,_.___ __,_._,___ Vote in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll http://www.usalone.com/blogvoices.php?Cheney%20Impeachment%3F Add this text to your own email and blog signatures!
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