Achievement Gap Un-American

While the gap between black and white students continues to grow, the dollars that No Child Left Behind act will follow only those progrmas that meet "scientific rigor." Rod Paige said, "We know how to teach reading, yet we still waste time . . . with systems that don't meet scientific rigor. A large majority of our children are not being educated well." This means that the programs that organizations like the Chicago Teachers' Center provide to schools will have to meet certain government criteria if we want federal dollars to support them. This could mean a drastic shift in the way we, and other universities, do business with local school districts. Read the whole article about Paige's address here. You can also read about what "scientific rigor" means here. -Steve
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