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Emphasis on diversity shortchanges fundamentals
Diversity and cultural awareness -- while laudable goals -- often trump more fundamental topics at schools of education, say Jay P. Green and Catherine Shock. In a new article entitled "Students Lose When Diversity is Main Focus," Greene, head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Shock, a research associate in the same department, compare the number of courses at the nation's top 70 ed schools focusing on social and political goals versus basic skills. Finding a significant imbalance in favor of the former, they suggest that a greater emphasis on math is in order.
Posted by Matthew S. Mawhinney at March 19, 2008 10:21 AM
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