Sometimes you can’t win
Posted on November 25, 2007
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“California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell sparked a storm when he said that race, not poverty, explains why some groups of students do better than others. But discussions at the “Achievement Gap Summit” in Sacramento reveal a more nuanced, hopeful picture.
O’Connell has focused on a cultural disconnect between white teachers and their black and Hispanic students. In a meeting with The Bee’s editorial board, he told of a black student who attends a hand-clapping church on Sunday and then shouts and jumps at school, landing him in trouble. O’Connell seems not to realize that this ham-handed example stereotypes the black community and is condescending to students.
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California education is DOA. The number of functional illiterates being sent into the world with a HS diploma is stunning. It doesn’t really matter what the reason is. The education establishment in California is unable and unwilling to ween itself from social promotion and incapable of adopting an equivalent of a certificate of acheivement. Too bad, the kids lose.