CHYS 2P15 Lecture Notes - Achievement Gap In The United States, Geoffrey Canada, Charter School

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Political process with the goal of improving public education. If we were to reform our school board, we would be improving education. Even small improvements have resulted in large social returns. Not just in school and in the classroom, but in health, jobs, etc. billion reach for the top grants, etc. Lots of money spent to increase scores, but nothing increased (grants, scholarships, etc. ) Student population since 1970 has increased by 8% Student / teacher ratio dropped from 27-to-1 in 1970 to 15-to-1 in 2008. Decreased the ratio of kid to teacher significantly, spent lots of money to do so, but aren"t seeing the results they hoped for. Number of children attending preschool has increased from 11% to 63% Education reformers have yet to discover transformative changes in curriculum or the way it is delivered. Especially for vulnerable schools and communities (inner city) Rules and grades; students have say in this.

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