Set achievement standards, teach to those standards, test to those standards. Let the chips fall where they may, but maintain those standards even in the face of group differences in achievement. See Freddie deBoer's "The Cult of Smart" as a solid background for desperately needed ed reform.
I wish I could come but am elsewhere. I hope this really helps the movement for sane education!
Good for you. Keep it up and get louder!!!!
Set achievement standards, teach to those standards, test to those standards. Let the chips fall where they may, but maintain those standards even in the face of group differences in achievement. See Freddie deBoer's "The Cult of Smart" as a solid background for desperately needed ed reform.