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HiPointDem

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4. the gap had been closing for decades until education deform. now it's growing again.

Reply to Igel (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 10, 2013, 01:28 PM

Aug 2013

the education gap is just a talking point for the deformers. They are systematically destroying the factors responsible for closing the gap.

Addressing the disparity in test scores between black and white children remains one of the greatest social challenges of our time. Between the 1960s and 1980s, tremendous strides were made in closing the achievement gap, but that remarkable progress halted abruptly in the mid 1980s, and stagnated throughout the 1990s.

https://www.russellsage.org/publications/steady-gains-and-stalled-progress

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Giving kids iPads won't solve the education challenge [View all] Renew Deal Aug 2013 OP

Of course it won't. But that's never been the purpose. The purpose is to enrich the tech Nay Aug 2013 #1

No, that's not the purpose. Igel Aug 2013 #2

the gap had been closing for decades until education deform. now it's growing again. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #4

But we're not talking about education gaps here. The essay says absolutely nothing about Nay Aug 2013 #5

+1. i'm old enough to remember all the hype about tv & education too. nothing new under HiPointDem Aug 2013 #3

That's the purpose of the companies, sure, but not the teachers' purpose. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #6

Our district distributed several thousand iPads Nevernose Aug 2013 #7

Using technology can be great - TBF Aug 2013 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #9