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It was conducted by a black woman who teaches in my district to predominantly poor minorities of color. The crux of her lecture was that teachers have essentially become too scared to teach, that a lot of the "feel good, multicultural" liberalism that has dominated educational theory over the past decade or so has only hurt poor minorities, particularly African-Americans.
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So, whats your opinion on that? I know what you think about standardized testing, but what about the massaging the ego of these kids?
I agree that one solution isn't going to fix such a large problem, but we have to get the ball rolling somehow.
I want to know what place do this and the other solutions have.