For your information, here is the bonus question on my students’ final assignment this semester:<\/p>\n
According to the most recent Gallup poll of opinions about public schools, a majority of those polled thought that students or their parents<\/a> were largely responsible for students’ achievement, but a majority also<\/em> thought that schools were responsible<\/a> for closing the achievement gap. Explain this paradox, using course materials.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The real test here is to see how many of them use course materials instead of bluffing their way through an explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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