Archive of 2010 February
Common Core Standards: Hegemony and Racial Equity
on February 12th, 2010 in Blog by David Davidson | No CommentsThe current effort to establish common core standards for college and career readiness for the nation’s public schools seems to suggest that the central need for reform in U.S. schools is to establish fewer, clearer, higher standards for what children should know and be able to do. That to do…
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on February 11th, 2010 in Capacity Building by West Wind | No CommentsProblematizing the Racial Achievement Gap-A Systems Perspective
on February 3rd, 2010 in Blog by Deanna Hill | No CommentsAt West Wind, we believe the system was perfectly designed to get the results it is getting. Thus, we seek to problematize the racial achievement gap by reframing the problem from one of failing students to one of a failing system. While this most certainly includes inequitable resources and inequitable…
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