Commentary
Commentary
9.2.2009
This week's Ohio Education Gadfly brings you up close and personal
Jamie Davies O'LearyDo you want a nitty gritty view of how funding issues and accountability ratings affect local school districts? Then you won't want to miss this week's Ohio Education Gadfly.
Commentary
9.2.2009
A new kind of victim-blaming
Jamie Davies O'LearyOne frequently hears arguments that redirect blame from failing schools (and their teachers and principals) to ubiquitous social monsters that are bigger and hairier (poverty, broken families, crime) but also impossible to hold accountable.?? I get this. There are undeniable correlations between student achievement and socioeconomic status.