[Educators] Fwd: [EducatorsforObama] 24/7 Education Reform

[Edward Cherlin]

FYI


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From: Samuel Brown <sezrab at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:06 AM
Subject: [EducatorsforObama] 24/7 Education Reform
To: Educators for Obama <EducatorsforObama at groups.barackobama.com>


This is some of the most in-depth reporting I've seen on Obama's
education policy.  It reinforces my sense of him as a thinker who
draws on the best available research and existing models as he plans
his policies.  What do you all think?
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What is most interesting and novel about Obama's education plans is
how much they involve institutions other than schools.

...[P]oor children, on average, arrive in kindergarten far behind
their middle-class peers. There is evidence that schools can do a lot
to erase that divide, but the reality is that most schools do not. If
we truly want to counter the effects of poverty on the achievement of
children, these advocates argue, we need to start a whole lot earlier
and do a whole lot more.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07wwln-lede-t.html?pagewanted=1&ref=magazine




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