Cambridge Achievement Gap

Cambridge politicians say, "it is necessary to focus directly on achievement" in the schools. One way to ensure "achievement" is by lowering standards. School officials and politicians can say that the teachers are doing their jobs. But when students are unable to read and add when they go to work this "achievement" is exposed a false. Some unpopular studies indicate that the absence of a father in the home has an enormous effect on student achievement. Cambridge officials will never address this issue due to the nature of the conformist party that rules Massachusetts. It is not politically correct to make single parents feel bad.

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Cambridge School Committee Examines Achievement Gap, School Assignments
By Rediet T. Abebe,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Published: Thursday, April 01, 2010