achievement gap
“What do you feel was a major point made by Dr. Ford on closing the achievement gap and why?”
There were a lot of important points made by Dr. Ford on closing the achievement gap but I think the most important one to me was the lack of rigor from teachers. As a future educator I don’t want to cheat any of my students of a good education, so I agree with Dr. Ford that providing proper training to deal with bias and low expectations that teachers have for certain groups of students is important. It’s in the classroom where the most important work can be done to close the achievement gap and it’s the teachers that are at the forefront of that work. Setting high expectations for all students and creating equality in the classroom is very important.
There were a lot of important points made by Dr. Ford on closing the achievement gap but I think the most important one to me was the lack of rigor from teachers. As a future educator I don’t want to cheat any of my students of a good education, so I agree with Dr. Ford that providing proper training to deal with bias and low expectations that teachers have for certain groups of students is important. It’s in the classroom where the most important work can be done to close the achievement gap and it’s the teachers that are at the forefront of that work. Setting high expectations for all students and creating equality in the classroom is very important.