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Entries by Peter Meyer from 10/2011

More Evidence: The "Poor" Can Be Educated

| Posted 10.04.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Common Core, Higher Education, College Readiness, Huffington Post News

We have to convince our educators that whether a kid wants to be a plumber or a lawyer, a soldier or a physicist, he or she should finish high school armed with enough knowledge to pursue any of those careers.

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New Study on Student Discipline: Black Kids Take It on the Chin

| Posted 10.10.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: School Discipline, Discrimination, Civil Rights Project at UCLA, National Education Policy Center, Huffington Post News

As long as white people are writing the rules, interpreting them, and enforcing them, African Americans have something to worry about--and it's not segregation.

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The Times Has It Right on ESEA Renewal: Just Say No!

| Posted 10.28.2011 | Huffington Post
Read More: Obama Administration, Nclb, Harkin-Enzi, Huffington Post News

It is past time to fix NCLB -- but it is not the time for retreat on the need to raise standards and hold educators accountable for student performance.

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