How Schools Really Matter
How Schools Really Matter Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal--that the quality of the education varies with the location of the school and that as a result, children learn…
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How Schools Really Matter
Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal--that the quality of the education varies with the location of the school and that as a result, children learn more in the schools that serve mostly rich, white kids than in the schools serving mostly poor, black kids. As Douglas B. But it turns out that this common assumption is misplaced.
Not only do schools not exacerbate inequality in skills, they actually help to level the playing field. Downey shows in How Schools Really Matter, achievement gaps have very little to do with what goes on in our schools. The real sources of achievement gaps are elsewhere.A close look at the testing data in seasonal patterns bears this out.
It turns out that achievement gaps in reading skills between high- and low-income children are nearly entirely formed prior to kindergarten, and schools do more to reduce them than increase
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