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	<title>Comments on: Bloomberg and the Achievement Gap</title>
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		<title>By: jandh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for this analysis - glad someone has written a clear and succinct summary of the smoke &amp; mirrors around this issue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for this analysis &#8211; glad someone has written a clear and succinct summary of the smoke &amp; mirrors around this issue.</p>
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		<title>By: Mumbai School Admissions</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mumbai School Admissions</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Singapore International School believes in a holistic approach towards overall development of the child. The Focus is on grooming the students as responsible global citizens and making them ready for the world, ready for the future.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Singapore International School believes in a holistic approach towards overall development of the child. The Focus is on grooming the students as responsible global citizens and making them ready for the world, ready for the future.</p>
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		<title>By: See how it really works</title>
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		<dc:creator>See how it really works</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First of all, no good deed goes unpunished. Of course, the media has to get on the Mayor for his contribution and the spin that he&#039;s generating from the story. This is in large measure due to the dismal scores that will be coming out soon. Wait and see on Monday: it&#039;s a set-up for the possible scores that will reflect that a high percentage of students in NYC are really not doing well- even if the scores increase. NYC will still have a large group of students not performing on grade level. (You can pick whom to blame and it will not change unless you include a real metric to measure the students who did not do well with the work ethic exhibited- don&#039;t blame the student put some blame on who is raising the child.) SECONDLY, the media should really look into how the elite schools select their students. Without exposing the names of the youngsters, investigate how certain races are &quot;accepted&quot; into the schools- I bet you will find that there is a practice of exclusion based on the tweeking of a number on an exam to exclude the undesirable students from the race groups that are not represented well. Finally, kudos to many folks on any side of the issues who are trying to improve the system; however, the system is just &quot;too damn big&quot; and the changes that are forthcoming by Common Core will only reflect how poorly our system of educating students realy is. We are already targeting low performing educators, we already see that the system of voting exists to get rid of politicians if WE really want to get rid of them; however I will pose this question as a conclusion: where do we have accountability on the part of the parents/guardians of the vast number of students who are NOT doing well because they come to school UNPREPARED? No where! Until this is addressed, we&#039;re really not serious about helping every student have the best shot of developing his or her mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, no good deed goes unpunished. Of course, the media has to get on the Mayor for his contribution and the spin that he&#8217;s generating from the story. This is in large measure due to the dismal scores that will be coming out soon. Wait and see on Monday: it&#8217;s a set-up for the possible scores that will reflect that a high percentage of students in NYC are really not doing well- even if the scores increase. NYC will still have a large group of students not performing on grade level. (You can pick whom to blame and it will not change unless you include a real metric to measure the students who did not do well with the work ethic exhibited- don&#8217;t blame the student put some blame on who is raising the child.) SECONDLY, the media should really look into how the elite schools select their students. Without exposing the names of the youngsters, investigate how certain races are &#8220;accepted&#8221; into the schools- I bet you will find that there is a practice of exclusion based on the tweeking of a number on an exam to exclude the undesirable students from the race groups that are not represented well. Finally, kudos to many folks on any side of the issues who are trying to improve the system; however, the system is just &#8220;too damn big&#8221; and the changes that are forthcoming by Common Core will only reflect how poorly our system of educating students realy is. We are already targeting low performing educators, we already see that the system of voting exists to get rid of politicians if WE really want to get rid of them; however I will pose this question as a conclusion: where do we have accountability on the part of the parents/guardians of the vast number of students who are NOT doing well because they come to school UNPREPARED? No where! Until this is addressed, we&#8217;re really not serious about helping every student have the best shot of developing his or her mind.</p>
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