tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506796942090699323.post3231400657458077739..comments2023-08-03T05:39:32.659-07:00Comments on Continuing Education: Where do the lottery losers end up?Linda Perlsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168087111621977024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506796942090699323.post-11571632303149825622010-10-05T10:12:58.032-07:002010-10-05T10:12:58.032-07:00The term "bad neighborhood school" is to...The term "bad neighborhood school" is too loaded for a journalist to use, in my opinion. Schools that serve a critical mass of high-need, at-risk, underprivileged students become overwhelmed and struggle. It's a harsh judgment on the school, the educators and the students to brand it "bad" or "failing." If you picked up the entire student population of whatever elite private school it is that Davis Guggenheim's kids attend and plopped it down into one of the "bad" schools he portrays in WFS (while disappearing the high-need, at-risk, underprivileged current students), the school would magically become good.CarolineSFnoreply@blogger.com