Comments on: Some Encouraging Data on Oakland’s Black Youth http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/05/21/some-encouraging-data-on-oaklands-black-youth/ Words from a Non-Leftist Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:56:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Mike Hardy http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/05/21/some-encouraging-data-on-oaklands-black-youth/#comment-1775 Mike Hardy Wed, 21 May 2008 20:00:16 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/05/21/some-encouraging-data-on-oaklands-black-youth/#comment-1775 not disagreeing with anything, but leadership and funding both play an important part as well, as does environment. I'd be curious, with no idea what the numbers would say, what the $$ per student is there vs average, what the student/teacher ratio is, how old the physical plant is there vs average, what the average experience of teachers and administrators is there etc To augment your reward idea, where ever differences that you could reasonably suspect led to the higher performance, those should be rewarded. Good news though, for sure not disagreeing with anything, but leadership and funding both play an important part as well, as does environment.

I’d be curious, with no idea what the numbers would say, what the $$ per student is there vs average, what the student/teacher ratio is, how old the physical plant is there vs average, what the average experience of teachers and administrators is there etc

To augment your reward idea, where ever differences that you could reasonably suspect led to the higher performance, those should be rewarded.

Good news though, for sure

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