[lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 28 21:26:48 PST 2011


On Jan 28, 2011, at 7:02 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote:


> At 05:19 PM 1/28/2011, Miles Jackson wrote:
>> Doug Henwood wrote:
>>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:50 PM, Joshua Morey wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am suggesting, on the other hand, that material concerns inhibit
>>>> or facilitate students' ability to engage in the quantitative rigor
>>>
>>> That's absolutely true. The best predictors of school outcome are
>>> income & poverty. But isn't that something to be outraged about
>>> instead of making excuses for?
>>> Doug
>>
>> Well, it reframes the outrage. The problem we need to focus on is poverty, not the school system.
>>
>> Miles
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> "like"

So lots of nonpoor kids are avid readers? Curious about the world beyond them?

Doug



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