The education i was on the board of the Charter School became fascinated by what was going on partly because i think education is so important i think it is our best hope for addressing and equity inside it society and breaking that society a multi generational poverty. There was a mystery that i wanted to solve essentially which was what happen when kids got to high School Everything seemed to fall apart scores seem to be improving at the elementary level and i would go into classrooms and the kids either looked engaged but when you went into High School Classrooms it was a different picture and the scores were not improving. Nobody seems to understand why although there has been a lot of attention on the high school problem. When i stumbled upon really, i cant say i solve this mystery myself but i stumbled upon the fact that the real problems in the problems of the parents in high school. Its different than the Elementary School. Once i realized that and i realize that despite all of
Today with natalie to discuss her brandnew book the knowledge gap the hitting cause of the broken Education System and how to fix it. Welcome. Im delighted to be here with you. Tell me about why you wrote this book in your inspiration. I live in dc i was writing about educational Reform Efforts here of which there were many and also somewhat involved in the Education Reform Movement on the board of the Charter School and i became fascinated because i think partly education is so important it is our best hope to address in equity in society to break the cycle of multi generational poverty and what also was interesting to me but there was another story which is what happened when you get to high School Everything falls apart everything approves at the middle school and elementary level to go to the classroom but then in high school its a different picture and the scores were not improving. And i could not understand why although there has been a lot of attention. So what i stumbled upon
Education Reform Efforts and involved in the Education Reform Movement and the Charter Schools i was fascinated partly because education is so important and it is our best hope to address inequities in society of multi generational poverty but there was a mystery i wanted to solve is what happened when kids go to high school and falls apart and then i will go to classrooms but in the High School Classrooms its a different picture and scores were not improving to understand this problem. So what i stumbled upon i cannot say i solve the mystery myself but i stumbled upon the fact that the real problem that have become so apparent in high school so once i realized all of the research i had done with those Panel Discussions i had never heard the mention of the problem that somebody had to try to get that issue into the Public Education communication because that is a problem we are talking about we cannot fix them unless we address that problem. Can you describe for people who are not usua
The kids all looked eager and engage that when we went to High School Classrooms it was a different picture. No one seems to understand why but there has been a lot of attention on this high School Problem so i stumbled upon and i cant say i solve this mystery myself i stumbled upon the fact that the problems that become so apparent in high school is the way we teach in Elementary School. Can you describe for people who were not usually knowing what is a content rich curriculum look like . Guest first of all it focuses on content rather than comprehension, reading comp should mention comp ranch and skills which really is a universal approach in this country to Elementary Education. He spent a lot of time on reading especially in highstakes math test 20 years ago now and reading that kids are doing is not designed to build their knowledge of that or anything in particular. The ideas idea is to get them to master skills like finding a main idea or making an inference and the theory is he
Room. Actually, his closet. When they have a party, there wont be any privacy for those people. Its really a disturbance to them. The rooftop entry is blocking the light of the apartment, too. So its making it dark. And the light well, i complained battle about the light well. He blocked it off last time and now its equal to mine. So its the bathroom window for my apartment. So what he does is like making, you know, like theyre looking into our apartment bathroom windows. What kind of apartment do we have . You can think about it if you are in my shoes. What you object in a building to be built . Think about it. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Commissioners, i live a few doors down from this house. I oppose the demolition of this ape affordable house, similar to what i live in. The Commission Said three stories and equalsize units. This proposal plan is neither. At four stories in the back and 6,000 square feet with elevators, two separate outdoor spaces and o