High Standards And Black Student Achievement
When states raise the number of math classes they require students to take in high school, black students complete more math coursework—and boost their earnings as a result. That’s the topline takeaway from new research by Joshua Goodman, an associate professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
To understand the results, it’s helpful to have a little background. During the 1980s, a now-famous report called “A Nation at Risk” by Ronald Reagan’s National Commission on Excellence in Education opened this way:
Related: a majority of the Madison School Board rejected the proposed Madison Preparatory Academy IB Charter School.
Madison has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
