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Memphis Commercial Appeal - Memphis' Source for News and Information: Education:

'If only the parents did what they were supposed to do, I could teach these children.'

Donna Ford has heard teachers say that countless times, and she's not buying it. Most of the problem, she says, is with the schools, not the homes.

Educators have to stop making excuses for the achievement gaps that plague the nation's schools and roll up their sleeves, the Vanderbilt University professor said Friday at a conference at the University of Memphis.

This article gets it right here, but a little later on...

School districts can institute all the new programs and curricula they want, but it will all be for naught if they don't address the most practical needs of students, said Pat Cooper, superintendent of the McComb, Miss., school system.

"If we don't do our job in the school, then there's not one group in the community that can work," he said. "We can't wait for somebody to wave the magic wand and get rid of all of the poor children."

Using the same curriculum for more than a decade, his school district was able to raise the reading scores for all of its students, who are mostly poor and minority, from the low double digits to the high 90s. (link is mine)

Even when schools do well, the media still doesn't mention which curriculum the school used.

For those who are curious, it was Success for All.