| Her charter schools get outstanding performance reports--which leave out some salient facts. "The media have long been in search of a "miracle" school, a school that can succeed in turning poor children of color into academic superstars. Of course, there already are poor children of color who are academic superstars, but they're the exception, not the rule (the same is true for poor white children). The defining characteristic of low test scores is poverty, not color. The titans of our society are especially interested in the pursuit of miracle schools because finding them would relieve those with high incomes of any obligation to alleviate the poverty that interferes with academic achievement. What are the secrets of Eva's success? It is possible to winnow out the most intractable students and be left with the best and most compliant ones by selective attrition." read the truth... |
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