The Teachers' Lounge

Autor/in	Barlow, Dudley
Titel	The Teachers' Lounge
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 71 (2006) 7, S.64-68 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	Family Influence; Disadvantaged Youth; Standardized Tests; Federal Legislation; Educational Policy; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; High Schools; Low Achievement; Cultural Influences; Academic Achievement; Dropouts; High Risk Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Bundesrecht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; High school; Oberschule; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Schulleistung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Problemschüler
Abstract	In an interview, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, director of the Congressional Budget Office, told National Public Radio's Terry Gross that determining the annual funding requirements for a program such as Social Security is relatively easy. According to him, health care is very different and is a lot harder to solve than Social Security. In this article, the author appreciates Holtz-Eakin's ability to distinguish between problems that lend themselves to relatively simple solutions and other problems whose vagaries make them significantly more difficult to solve. It is enormously important for policy makers to understand this distinction. Failing to appreciate this can sometimes produce ruinous results. Education policy makers would do well to keep in mind Douglas Holtz-Eakin's distinction between problems that are easily solved and those whose complexities make them more nebulous and difficult. The poor performance of American students on standardized tests, is an example of a problem with a complex of little-understood, underlying causes that has been mistaken by policy makers as a relatively simple problem. The author discusses the disappearance of kids--especially black and Hispanic kids--from high school with others failing to obtain a high school diploma. Among other things, the author discusses two things that can contribute to students' success. One was the value their culture placed on education. The other was the family regimens that created this essential "environment conducive to learning." (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10