SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

A Better Class of Schools

When Lester Maddox, the bigoted ax-wielding former governor of Georgia was asked how he proposed to improve Georgia’s state prisons, he replied that there wasn’t much he could do unless he started getting “a better class of prisoner”. Similarly, many educators excuse their failures by pointing to their students’ disadvantaged backgrounds, drugs and alcohol, television, and so forth. This video on the KIPP schools demonstrates unequivocally that all students can learn - if taught properly.