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The U.C. ed school professor, Pedro Noguera, quoted in this article is the
no- phonics, no content, "social change" man I've discussed quite a few
months ago. He plays the race card shamelessly! I've never heard him take
an interest in curriculum or research, just race, race, race


From:           	JSOOD@aol.com
Date sent:      	Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:00:35 EDT
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Subject:        	Re: Does tracking cause unacceptable segregation? Or does it make sense when ...


Arthur and Loop,
Re: this S.F. Chronicle article:


The U.C. ed school professor, Pedro Noguera, quoted in this article is the
no- phonics, no content, "social change" man I've discussed quite a few
months ago. He plays the race card shamelessly! I've never heard him take
an interest in curriculum or research, just race, race, race, always
society making people into victims. He's got four school-age sons in
Berkeley schools himself. I think he's determined that no kid is going to
come out having done better than his own kids, if it means eliminating all
tracking, AP classes, gifted programs, etc. 


I know Jesus Mena, also; he's sort of the same way but about Latino kids.
He's a bit more moderate than Pedro. He's the spokesman for U.C. so has
great media access for his kids' school (Columbus) (as if a Spanish
bilingual school in West Berkeley didn't get enough publicity and
attention anyway; it was recently rebuilt and is, I believe, the most
expensive elementary school per square foot in the country, thanks to
corporate and foundation donations and a big share of a local bond issue).
 I've tried discussing curriculum issues with him before, and he readily
admits he's clueless about them.


Susan O.