http://newfrontier21.com/archives/the-cost-of-low-student-achievement/ Educator Training for the 21st Century Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://newfrontier21.com/archives/the-cost-of-low-student-achievement/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Lori Milroy Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:58:22 +0000 http://newfrontier21.com/?p=431#comment-1434 I just returned from hearing Dr. Muhammad at the MANS conference in Detroit. I cannot find the answer to this question--how did YOU become successful? You said you were poor, you are obviously a minority and I am thinking that Flint Public Schools were not on board with your philosophies when you went through school. So, what made a difference for you? If it is not the school, how do you reconcile that with what you are preaching? Don't get me wrong--I am a second career new teacher (was a CPA and bank vice president at one time) and school culture is very disheartening. I concur with your approach but your personal story doesn't seem to mesh with your theory that it is NOT the home that makes the biggest difference. I just returned from hearing Dr. Muhammad at the MANS conference in Detroit. I cannot find the answer to this question–how did YOU become successful? You said you were poor, you are obviously a minority and I am thinking that Flint Public Schools were not on board with your philosophies when you went through school. So, what made a difference for you? If it is not the school, how do you reconcile that with what you are preaching? Don’t get me wrong–I am a second career new teacher (was a CPA and bank vice president at one time) and school culture is very disheartening. I concur with your approach but your personal story doesn’t seem to mesh with your theory that it is NOT the home that makes the biggest difference.

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