Sentences with phrase «soft bigotry of low expectations for»

This rationing of education and soft bigotry of low expectations for poor and minority kids would eventually trickle down into the rest of American public education in the form of ability - tracking and even special education.

This isn't to say that these officials don't care about these children, but that they are disinterested in taking on the tough work needed to overhaul districts and schools in order provide kids with the schools they deserve — which includes challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations for poor and minority kids held by far too many adults working in American public education in Virginia and the rest of the nation, and the affiliates of the National Education Association which has succeeded for so long in keeping the Old Dominion's status quo quite ante.

But the fact that the Obama administration granted Virginia a waiver in the first place in spite of its record of obstinacy on systemic reform, along with the fact that many of the 32 other states granted waivers (along with the District of Columbia) have also set low expectations for districts and schools to improve the achievement of the poor and minority kids in their care, has put President Obama in the uncomfortable position of supporting the soft bigotry of low expectations for children — especially those who share his race and skin color.

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Bush and congressional Republicans called for an end to the «soft bigotry of low expectations» and a focus on achievement outcomes.

While some may argue that creating separate accountability frameworks for alternative schools is unfair to the students that they serve — another example of the soft bigotry of low expectations — the current situation is untenable.

Some minority parents agree, asserting that lower standards for their children is a form of prejudice, the «soft bigotry of low expectations» as former President George W. Bush called it.

And I'm far from alone in believing that this soft bigotry of low expectations will prove yet another impediment for students who are eligible for special education services.

The «soft bigotry of low expectations» has been replaced with an emphasis on student achievement for all students by requiring the disaggregation of performance data by race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

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«The national objective is to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations and to raise the standards for every single child,» says Bush.

President George W. Bush meaningfully described this phenomenon of setting different standards for certain kids as «the soft bigotry of low expectations.»

President Bush used the phrase «soft bigotry of low expectations» as a way to explain the need for this legislation, which required all states to see whether their students were meeting the standards of their states.

«I fear that the soft bigotry of low expectations is returning, and for the sake of America's children, that is something we can not allow.

No Child Left Behind, on the books since 2002, was supposed to close achievement gaps for disadvantaged students (racial and ethnic minorities, low - income students, youngsters with special needs and English learners) and to eliminate what President George W. Bush decried as «the soft bigotry of low expectations.»

[Update: Katie Haycock of the Education Trust (which has gotten into trouble for its role in helping the administration define proficiency down as well as developing the Plessy v. Ferguson - like Cut the Gap in Half approach that is subjecting poor and minority kids to the soft bigotry of low expectations), is now going to say that she doesn't like the direction of of the administration's gambit; EdTrust has also released a report criticizing the effort thus far.]