The term “achievement gap” is misleading and thus one of the problems with the education reform debate.
Please see the following posts addressing why:
Achievement Gap Misnomer for Equity Gap, pt. 1
Achievement Gap Misnomer for Equity Gap, pt. 2
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Achievement Gap? Nope, parts 1 and 2
“One of the violences perpetuated by illiteracy is the suffocation of the consciousness and the expressiveness of men and women who are forbidden from reading and writing, thus limiting their capacity to write about their reading of the world so they can rethink about their original reading of it.” Paulo Freire, Teachers as Cultural Workers
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There can't be any shortcuts in closing the equity gap. "Reformers" keep looking for quick fixes, but poor children of color need the same respectful, holistic, engaging, multimedia instruction.
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