🚀 go-pugleaf

<makemyday@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:3F793A20.D386A9B0@worldnet.att.net...
> Libia Gil, candidate for Seattle Schools Superintendent
doth spake:
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/141907_gil30.html
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> QUESTION:
> How would you close the achievement *gap* between racial
and ethnic
> groups?
>
> ANSWER:
> "I don't think that I have a silver bullet for addressing
that issue."
>
> During a public forum last night, Gil answered questions
about her
> views on such issues as alternative schools and ensuring
that,
> in the rush to raise achievement of the lowest-performing
students,
> above-average students aren't left behind...
>
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>
> NAACLB - an idea with true merit...

More PC crap from educrats:

...Gil made a point of urging reporters to avoid the
commonly used term "subgroups" when referring to the racial
categories into which the federal No Child Left Behind law
divides students for measuring achievement on standardized
tests.

The label is "less than complimentary," she said, because
"sub" is a derogatory prefix (although her suggested
alternative, "target groups," could pose semantic problems
of its own). ...
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However, I kind of like the term 'target groups'.  It
implies a solution not previously considered.  We can have
target practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays and over a period
of months, perhaps a few years,  the 'problem' will be dead
and buried.

E.B.