July 15, 2010 — vol. 45, no 49
Roving Camera
What will it take to close the academic achievement gap? |
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Closing the achievement gap starts with adults acknowledging and improving their own academic basic skills as they encourage and support children to do the same. |
Lanette R. Edwards Assistant Principal Louisville, Ky. |
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To close the achievement gap we need to look in the mirror, reflect on our system and ask ourselves what we need to change and then “make the change.” |
Sylvia Parris Consultant, Dept. of Education Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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Schools need to provide black and brown children with a high qualtity, rigorous and engaging curriculum. |
Rodney Trice Executive Dir., for Curriculum & Instruction Chapel Hill, N.C. |
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First, we must clearly define the various gaps: academic and access gaps. Then we must implement policies, practices and procedures to address the various gaps, including addressing issues of race, expectations, belief systems and curriculum development. |
Carroll W. Blake Executive Director/Boston Public Schools Boston |
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The development of strategic relationships between family and school. Parents will need to trust that the school wants the very best for the child, while schools must move to a paradigm in which parents are seen as agents for academic change. |
Larry Friend Artistic Director Baltimore, Md. |
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I believe we have to attack from both ends: from birth to high school while working collaboratively with all the stakeholders, particularly the parents, the community, school budget officials and curriculum experts. |
Ella Thompson Principal Orlando, Fla. |
| Jul 15 11:17am by Michael Muhammad [208.99.255.3] | |
Our own schools that will give us the foundation of who we are, then I believe, we will better relate to math, science etc. Right now, the architecture of white supremacy has destroyed our mind. It is in education, politic, business, in everything.
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