Want to Value Every Student? Stop Pretending Schools Don't Pick Winners and Losers (Opinion)
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Want to Value Every Student? Stop Pretending Schools Don't Pick Winners and Losers (Opinion)
Once you stop insisting that the only noble outcome for any and all children is to go to a top twenty university and join the ranks of our Brahmin class, we can dramatically broaden the purpose of school and our definitions of success. If you don’t do that, though, our neoliberal system is going to continue to try to use the meritocratic system as ... See more
Sadly, we know that many young Americans today do not have the opportunity to reach their potential. Difficult early-childhood experiences and poor instruction in elementary and middle school cause many students to arrive at high school desperately behind in basic skills. I worry that giving underprepared students a report about their aptitudes and... See more
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