Did Multi-Culturalism Lower the Standards of Public Schools The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study (EEOS), also known as the "Coleman Study," was commissioned by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1966 to assess the availability of equal educational opportunities to children of different race, color, religion, and... Like · · Share · about an hour ago Leon Todd Quality doesn't follow rise in voucher schools. Social Class Matters, data verifies James Coleman/Jencks 60s research http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/quality-doesnt-follow-rise-in-voucher-schools-9v3442t-134187363.html Quality doesn't follow rise in voucher schools - JSOnline www.jsonline.com Keith Nelson says it has been a godsend for Wisconsin Academy to take part in Mi... See More about an hour ago · Like · Leon Todd Score comparisons show key points for MPS. Social Class Matters. Data verifies the James Coleman research of 1966 http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/score-comparisons-show-key-points-for-mps-u63cljq-135388523.html Score comparisons show key points for MPS - JSOnline www.jsonline.com What does the Hillsborough County, Fla., school district have that Milwaukee Pub... See More about an hour ago · Like · Leon Todd Social & Economic Class Matters; Why Won't We Admit It? The Unaddressed Link Between Poverty and Education: http://nyti.ms/sOIrK4 The Unaddressed Link Between Poverty and Education www.nytimes.com Federal education policy seems blind to the relationship between poverty and student performance. 48 minutes ago · Like · Leon Todd Ex-MPS superintendent Lee McMurrin ran a first class public school system until right wing business reforms ruined it. http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/where-are-they-now-exmps-superintendent-lee-mcmurrin-131434188.html Ex-MPS superintendent Lee McMurrin - JSOnline www.jsonline.com Lee McMurrin was superintendent during the court-ordered integration of Milwauke... See More 48 minutes ago · Like · Leon Todd What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/#.TwW70arL7rc.email What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success www.theatlantic.com The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence. 47 minutes ago · Like · Leon Todd The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study (EEOS), also known as the "Coleman Study," was commissioned by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1966 to assess the availability of equal educational opportunities to children of different race, color, religion, and national origin. This study was conducted in response to provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and serves as an example of the use of a social survey as an instrument of national policy-making. The EEOS consists of test scores and questionnaire responses obtained from first-, third-, sixth-, ninth-, and twelfth-grade students, and questionnaire responses from teachers and principals. These data were obtained from a national sample of schools in the United States. Data on students include age, gender, race and ethnic identity, socioeconomic background, attitudes toward learning, education and career goals, and racial attitudes. Scores on teacher-administered standardized academic tests are also included. These scores reflect performance on tests assessing ability and achievement in verbal skills, nonverbal associations, reading comprehension, and mathematics. Data on teachers and principals include academic discipline, assessment of verbal facility, salary, education and teaching experience, and attitudes toward race. http://www.amazon.com/Equality-Educational-Opportunity-Perennial-sociology/dp/0405120885 Equality of Educational Opportunity (Perennial works in sociology) www.amazon.com Equality of Educational Opportunity (Perennial works in sociology) 41 minutes ago · Like · Leon Todd SUBTRACTION BY ADDITION | A WATCHDOG REPORT ON MPS' FAILED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM Buildings rise, test scores fall Spate of school expansions is no tonic for student proficiency By ALAN J. BORSUK and DAVE UMHOEFERaborsuk@journalsentinel.com Posted: Aug. 19, 2008 Third of three parts The $102 million spent on reviving the concept of the neighborhood school in Milwaukee hasn't improved academic success at most of the schools where the money was used, a Journal Sentinel investigation found. With a few exceptions, student achievement has shown little improvement - and in some cases it has fallen dramatically - at 22 schools that were among the largest beneficiaries of the district's school construction program. The district's Neighborhood Schools Initiative was conceived as a way to get children off buses and into their local schools - which MPS officials hoped to improve with new classrooms, before-school and after-school services, and such things as state-of-the-art science labs and libraries. But bricks and mortar have not raised student performance, testing data shows. In 16 of the 22 schools, the percentage of fourth-graders rated as proficient or better in reading was lower last year than it was in 2002 - the year the school building initiative hit high gear. Nine schools saw their math scores drop. Overall, combined fourth-grade reading and math scores have declined sharply at a half dozen of the22 schools where more than $1 million was spent on improvements. Only five schools have had major increases in their combined reading and math performance. The lackluster results may not be a factor in why parents choose to send their children outside their neighborhood. MPS records show that thousands of parents are sending their children to schools with similar scores. But the scores are not an attraction for the bulk of the schools on the Neighborhood Schools Initiative list. "Unfortunately, you can't get kids off a bus to go to a bad program," said former MPS Superintendent Spence Korté, who oversaw the district when it began its ambitious school construction phase. Almost all of the additions were finished by 2005. 21 minutes ago · Like