Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h9LILgV28553; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:21:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:21:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <563DF094.6CBBD0EE.0006CB3C@netscape.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: tjjhjr@netscape.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1264] Re: Article on Closing the Achievement gap X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 1647 Lines: 24 YEAH!!!!!......some folks ARE reading those MAEC and Region III Comp Center Internet pages where studies done show this.....no need to reinvent the wheel.....this is so nice...to see someone actually advocate and do what research backs up.....wish more ESL programs would pay heed.....ty AWilder106@aol.com wrote: >Hi, > >I have taught in both public and private (independent) schools, been a special ed teacher and an administrator, read a lot on this subject(Ogbu, Thernstrom, Moynihan, etc.), poured over test scores, and I think the achievement gap is real. Why it is there will govern what to do about it. Go to a recent editorial by William Raspberry, Washington Post, sent to the Boston Globe, on this topic. I have a professor friend, also a former school teacher,administrator and principal, who is doing work on this topic. Both of us think home visits are part of the answer--teacher conferences held at students' homes if the parents want this. I've done it. This is only a tiny part of the answer but it's a good one, I believe. There are recent (last year) articles which talk about exemplary schools (schools which succeed in difficult circumstances) where this communal aspect of schooling is front and center. > >Andrea > __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455
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