Comments on: By any other name http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/09/by-any-other-name/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/09/by-any-other-name/#comment-39632 allen Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:54:43 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5841#comment-39632 I suppose referring to them as "successful" schools carries the stigma of judgmentalism. The more so since the schools that don't produce similar results are, by implication, unsuccessful. Of course if there are a number of clearly successful approaches to structuring a school that transforms inner-city students into academic successes then it's a matter of differentiating between the approaches and that'd be alright, wouldn't it? I suppose referring to them as “successful” schools carries the stigma of judgmentalism. The more so since the schools that don’t produce similar results are, by implication, unsuccessful.

Of course if there are a number of clearly successful approaches to structuring a school that transforms inner-city students into academic successes then it’s a matter of differentiating between the approaches and that’d be alright, wouldn’t it?

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