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Paul Thomas: Statistics obscuring real education challenge

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From Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman ("Teaching for America," Nov. 28) to "Waiting for Superman," political discourse and the popular and serious media have been filled of late with claims about public education that seem credible because they are often supported by statistics. But before we swallow the claims, we should look at the whole picture, not selected data only.

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An Associate Professor of Education at Furman University since 2002, Dr. P. L. Thomas taught high school English for 18 years at Woodruff High along with teaching as an adjunct at a number of Upstate colleges. He holds an undergraduate degree in (more...)