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Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
A study finds that American students are engaged with lessons only 54 percent of the time, due to external preoccupations and uninspired instruction. The Heritage Foundation's "No Excuses" report makes misleading correlations between scores, phonics, and socioeconomic variables. Florida housing prices reflect letter grades assigned to…
Descriptors: Alienation, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Phonics