[Net-Gold] Re: David Berliner on 'A Nation at Risk': Three Decades of Lies"

[David P. Dillard]

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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:51:15 -0700
From: Richard Hake <rrh...@earthlink.net>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Re: David Berliner on 'A Nation at Risk': Three Decades of
Lies"

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ABSTRACT: Diane Ravitch at <http://bit.ly/13uNGbs> has called
attention to David Berliner's (2013) "Three Decades of Lies" at
<http://bit.ly/17ihWIM>. "Teacherken" (aka Ken Bernstein) commented
"Berliner was right 30 years ago [actually 18 years ago in
"Manufactured Crisis" (Berliner & Biddle, 1995/1996 at
<http://amzn.to/PGOfcT>] and is right now. Berliner (2005, 2009) at
<http://bit.ly/ff8BVj>, <http://bit.ly/fqiCUA> has also been right
about "The Overriding Influence of Poverty on Children's Educational
Achievement" (Hake (2011, 2013) at <http://bit.ly/tUU65W>,
<http://bit.ly/XHnEzS>.

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Diane Ravitch (2013) in her blog entry "David Berliner on 'A Nation
at Risk': Three Decades of Lies," has called attention to David
Berliner's (2013) "Three Decades of Lies." "Teacherken" [aka Kenneth
J. Bernstein <http://bit.ly/11CqNTD>] commented on Diane's blog
entry: "David Berliner was right 30 years ago. . . . .[[actually 18
years ago in "Manufactured Crisis" (Berliner & Biddle, 1995/1996
)]]. . . .[and] is right today."

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Berliner (2005, 2009) has also been right about "The Overriding
Influence of Poverty on Children's Educational Achievement" [Hake
(2011, 2013)]. As "Teacherken" commented "Wouldn't it be wonderful
if someone in the current administration would pay attention?"

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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 34 APRIL 2013.]

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Berliner, D.C. & B.J. Biddle 1996. "Manufactured Crisis: Myths,
Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools" Basic Books, 2
edition, publisher's information at <http://bit.ly/O5M0wm>.
Amazon.com information at <http://amzn.to/PGOfcT>, note the
searchable "Look Inside" feature.

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Berliner, D.C. 2005. "Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform,"
Teachers College Record, August 02, online as an 872 kB pdf at
<http://bit.ly/ff8BVj>. Berliner argues that: "poverty places severe
limits on what can be accomplished through school reform efforts,
particularly those associated with the federal No Child Left Behind
law. The data presented in this study suggest that the most powerful
policy for improving our nations' school achievement is a reduction
in family and youth poverty."

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Berliner, D.C. 2009. "Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors
and School Success." Education and Public Interest Center (Univ. of
Colorado) and Education Policy Research Unit, (Arizona State
University); online as a 729 kB pdf at <http://bit.ly/fqiCUA>. In his
abstract Berliner states: "This brief details six Out of School
Factors (OSFs) common among the poor that significantly affect the
health and learning opportunities of children, and accordingly limit
what schools can accomplish *on their own*: (1) low birth-weight and
non-genetic prenatal influences on children; (2) inadequate medical,
dental, and vision care, often a result of inadequate or no medical
insurance; (3) food insecurity; (4) environmental pollutants; (5)
family relations and family stress; and (6) neighborhood
characteristics. These OSFs are related to a host of poverty-induced
physical, sociological, and psychological problems that children
often bring to school, ranging from neurological damage and attention
disorders to excessive absenteeism, linguistic underdevelopment, and
oppositional behavior."

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Berliner, D.C. 2013. "Three Decades of Lies," Education Week's
OpEducation Blog, 23 April; online at <http://bit.ly/17ihWIM>.

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Hake, R.R. 2011. "The Overriding Influence of Poverty on Children's
Educational Achievement" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/tUU65W>. Post of 14 Dec 2011 09:56:02 -0800 to AERA-L
and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post were
transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/tBZEY4> with a provision for
comments.

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Hake, R.R. 2013. "The Overriding Influence of Poverty on Children's
Educational Achievement - Redux," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives
at <http://bit.ly/XHnEzS>. Post of 4 Mar 2013 15:38:45-0800 to AERA-L
and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being
transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/ZjbgoZ> with a provision for
comments. Blog entry of 24 April; online at

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Ravitch, D. 2013. "David Berliner on 'A Nation at Risk': Three
Decades of Lies," blog entry of 24 April; online at
<http://bit.ly/13uNGbs>.


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