Recently, the teachings of Ruby Payne have surfaced on how to reach the "hard-to-reach", mainly poor kids in schools. Below is my reply to this discussion:
Don’t blame the family, the kids, the neighborhood, the class system…..
If we want effective schools, let’s look at the schools.
In 1978, Ron Edmonds of […]
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Effective Schools Needed to Counteract Poverty
Published by September 17th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 CommentsWhy are Parents Excluded from Schools?
Published by September 30th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 1 CommentWhy are Parents Excluded from Schools?
Some reasons parents are excluded from schools are:
Misdirected “Professionalism” – experts know best, “Don’t teach your children, we will have to unteach them.”
Concealment – having a captive audience and a monopoly provides a cover for […]