CT News Junkie | OP-ED | Coalition Of The Factual: "Ramani Ayer, Vice-Chair of Connecticut Council on Education Reform: “We believe that notwithstanding poverty-related deficits, excellent teaching and excellent leaders in school makes the maximum amount of difference, even with children of poor background.”
We shouldn’t make major policy changes based on on Mr. Ayer’s “beliefs.” When I was in school, long before NCLB and Race to the Top high stakes testing insanity, we were taught to do research and evaluate ideas using critical thinking skills.
I also don’t believe that such changes should be made for one of Governor Malloy’s oft-cited reasons, echoed in a recent Hartford Courant editorial , because they “have been adopted in many other states.” My parents always warned me that just because my friends engaged in risky behavior, it wasn’t a reason for me to do it too."
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