Narrowing the Two Achievement Gaps

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School systems that raise achievement and narrow the quality gap also narrow the fairness gap between groups of students. The reason for this simultaneous benefit to both advantaged and disadvantaged students is illustrated and explained in detail. The talk discusses the ideas and the practices that have hindered the narrowing of the quality and fairness gaps, and describes the concrete steps we need to take right now to narrow both of them significantly.

Speaker:
E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Chairman and Founder, The Core Knowledge Foundation