I study the research,
I study best practices,
I study education reforms,
I study policies,
I study the standards,
I analyze and evaluate the data,
People ask what works,
What did I find?
Everything works in Affluent Schools,
Every reform fails in Poor Schools,
Everything fails in an education reform world where we annually spend 23 billion dollars more on wealthy predominantly White Schools than on our Poor mainly Black and Brown schools,
Another 1.9 Billion annually on Standardized High-Stakes Testing data that has failed to change anything in over 100 years.
No Education reforms work without equity,,
No School Choice Policies work without equity,
No new Standards work without equity,
No catchy slogans work without equity work,
Leave No Child Behind, failed,
Race To The Top, failed,
Every Student Succeeds Act failed.
Policymakers point to Finland and other nations,
Say go see what they do.
I say go to our wealthy predominately White Schools,
See how that 23 billion more every year helps,
Then give our poor predominately Black and Brown schools exactly what those rich schools get,
Then we can talk about what works and does not work.
Just Saying,
Dr. Jesse P. Turner
CCSU Literacy Center Director
Uniting to Save Our Schools,
Badass Professor.
If you lie to listen to the tune that inspired my morning walk today, its the Play for Change cover of "Teach Your Chil". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5AuFDHdrrg
All schools need to receive equal funding
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