Comments on: Narrowing the Two Achievement Gaps http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2007/11/09/narrowing-the-two-achievement-gaps/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:58:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: BML http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2007/11/09/narrowing-the-two-achievement-gaps/#comment-3218 BML Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:53:28 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=28#comment-3218 Your analysis is completely off-the-mark in my opinion. My sisters children went to school in 'the best' programs New Hamshire had to offer, were at the top of their respective classes, and found themselves struggling to catch up to the curriculum base they were offered when they relocated to California (Irvine). We have two close friends who have studied (one still their doing research)at Harvard, who will tell you how openly racist the environment there is. People don't progress well academically in such environments. We would all do much better to follow Dr. Montessori's philosophy and stop trying to re-invent the wheel. BML Your analysis is completely off-the-mark in my opinion. My sisters children went to school in ‘the best’ programs New Hamshire had to offer, were at the top of their respective classes, and found themselves struggling to catch up to the curriculum base they were offered when they relocated to California (Irvine). We have two close friends who have studied (one still their doing research)at Harvard, who will tell you how openly racist the environment there is. People don’t progress well academically in such environments. We would all do much better to follow Dr. Montessori’s philosophy and stop trying to re-invent the wheel.

BML

]]> By: Groundhog’s Day at The Core Knowledge Blog http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2007/11/09/narrowing-the-two-achievement-gaps/#comment-433 Groundhog’s Day at The Core Knowledge Blog Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:58:47 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=28#comment-433 [...] important point continues to go undiscussed:  Given that a broad, content-rich education is the key to reading comprehension—hence closing the achievement gap—narrowing the curriculum in any form is not just [...] [...] important point continues to go undiscussed:  Given that a broad, content-rich education is the key to reading comprehension—hence closing the achievement gap—narrowing the curriculum in any form is not just [...]

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