Want to improve low-performing Southern High in Durham? Begin by changing this crackpot educational philosophy.
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Undoubtedly, all children can learn, but the adults charged with their safe passage must create a student-centered, comprehensive school plan that is culturally diverse, print-rich, academically stimulating, motivating, and dedicated to the developmental needs of the total child. Although school is a place where student achievement is measured by standardized tests, it must also provide a way for students to receive rewards for their multi-dimensional intelligence. Educators should evaluate more than linguistically based instruments of teaching and learning.
Scrap the edu-speak and just provide a rigorous academic environment for these students.
