Wrapping up "The Other Achievement Gap"

The Education Gadfly / October 21, 2011

[pullquote]"I got to tell you, the only viable political strategy for getting broad-based support of school reform on that premise is to get those middle-class parents drunk.? -AEI's Rick Hess[/pullquote]We wrap up coverage of Monday's panel discussion, ?The Other Achievement Gap,? with a peek at some of the more entertaining debate between the American Enterprise Institute's Rick Hess and the Center for American Progress' Ulrich Boser.? At issue is whether America is overly focused on the Achievement Gap?and if so, whether that leads to poor policy. ?Below is a short clip, which we hope convinces you to?watch the whole discussion.

-The Education Gadfly

Category: Curriculum & Instruction