Tag: racial achievement gap
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Madison public schools are disproportionately stupid
Racists blame the teachers! Madison’s public schools have a “coordinator for progressive discipline.” Things we never knew, thanks to Chris Rickert, writing for our favorite local morning newspaper. Yes, you with your hand up in the back: Isn’t “Progressive discipline” like saying “peaceful war”? (George Orwell, report to the principal’s office.) In the 10 years since…
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Jesus is not eating our kids’ homework
Kids just ain’t learnin’ in our public schools like they used to The good news is the statewide racial achievement gap is narrowing. The bad news is that it is because white students are regressing at a faster rate than black students. The worse news is regardless of race, kids in Wisconsin’s public schools are more…