Comments on: I Have a Dream http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/05/22/i-have-a-dream/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Nancy Flanagan http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/05/22/i-have-a-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-6878 Nancy Flanagan Thu, 28 May 2009 16:45:07 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2688#comment-6878 I have waited nearly a week for someone to jump into this conversation. If Deborah Meier's passionate thoughts are "fightin' words" who, exactly, would she be tempting into a brawl? Because she's correct. Narrowing a definition of "equality" down to raised test scores is a thin, stingy policy goal for a nation that prides itself on opportunity. I have waited nearly a week for someone to jump into this conversation. If Deborah Meier’s passionate thoughts are “fightin’ words” who, exactly, would she be tempting into a brawl?

Because she’s correct. Narrowing a definition of “equality” down to raised test scores is a thin, stingy policy goal for a nation that prides itself on opportunity.

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