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Thursday, October 5, 2006
Are All Kids “Educable”?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Beverly Hall, superintendent of the Atlanta district, gave a speech this morning at the Carter Center for her fervent supporters in the business community.
Hall said she arrived in Atlanta seven years ago to a “pervasive belief” that Atlanta kids could not do well in school. She said she intentionally avoids harping on the home lives of many Atlanta students - the abject poverty, the drugs and the absence of role models - because she doesn’t want that to become an excuse for low achievement. ‘
She urged everyone to believe in the “educability” of all students.
One other note: She said Bill Cosby called her assistant and spent 20 minutes praising Atlanta students for their good behavior during his speech earlier this week. Seniors from all schools were brought to Douglass to hear Cosby. To me, that says his message resonates.
Well, do you believe in the “educability” of all students? (Sorry I have to put that word in quotes… It’s just not a word I would normally use, though it does exist and it does fit this context…)
