The Global Search for Education: The 20%
“The achievement gap is not created by schools. The achievement gap begins before the children are born.” — Diane Ravitch photo courtesy of Rick D’Elia, Save the Children U.S. Programs. Even with food stamps, poor people are still poor. The OECD lists the U.S. as being one of the five top OECD nations with the highest child poverty rate. The impact of poverty is significant in the outcomes of children...
The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Change
Early Steps to School Success, Save the Children US Programs photo: Rick D’Elia “I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children alike.” — President Barack Obama, 2008 Change is painful. Change takes time. Change is trial and error, but isn’t change ultimately brought about by leadership which has the ability to rally all the policy makers around the...
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