President Obama should replace Arne Duncan with Stephen Krashen as Secretary of Education; Krashen's analysis is accurate and insightful.
I've included some key highlights from Krashen's speech entitled: "Our Schools Are Not Broken: The Problem is Poverty" originally given as the commencement speech at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Lewis and Clark College on June 5, 2011
To hear the full speech, begin at 34:34
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Krashen Explains Why Poverty, Not Poor Teaching, Is The Real Problem:
Reduce poverty to improve education, not vice-versa.The fact that American students who are not living in poverty do very well shows that there is no crisis in teacher quality. The problem is poverty.
To hear the full speech, begin at 34:34
Video streaming by Ustream
Krashen Explains Why Poverty, Not Poor Teaching, Is The Real Problem:
Reduce poverty to improve education, not vice-versa.The fact that American students who are not living in poverty do very well shows that there is no crisis in teacher quality. The problem is poverty.
