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Re: ARTICLE: America's biggest teacher and principal cheating scandal unfolds in Atlanta |
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Posted by Scorpio7 on Sat Jul 9 15:31:29 2011, in response to Re: ARTICLE: America's biggest teacher and principal cheating scandal unfolds in Atlanta, posted by JayMan on Sat Jul 9 14:12:00 2011. "My contention is that the country's mean IQ with all races combined is not significant to the sophistication of the curriculum."Um, I'm not the one trying to claim that the reason for the difference in standards is because you have more dark people, and thus a lower average IQ. That's YOU. "...then average IQ of the population is only partly responsible for the rigorousness of the curriculum." Finally, we're getting somewhere. Glad you agree with me. "The only way to do that is to modulate the difficulty of the material." Incorrect. Better teaching can do an awful lot. The American school system is made up in such a way that decent teaching is not encouraged: standards are too low, there is no competition between schools for students (and thus no incentive for schools or teachers to innovate), class groups are way too large (groups of 30 students or more per class is simply too much if you want to do your job well), etc. THAT is the main problem with American high schools, IMHO. |
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