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This is a WSJ "Saturday Essay." It is descriptive, a case study (of two cases). There is no way of assessing what significantly differing factors (besides the
by FluidDjango 16y ago
This is a WSJ "Saturday Essay."
It is descriptive, a case study (of two cases).
There is no way of assessing what significantly differing factors (besides their high schools) were unmentioned/unknown yet influencial for these two teens.
It establishes no causation.
Only value of article is to demonstrate some of the strategies/opportunities that a charter school _may be_ at liberty to exploit. Oh, how severely education suffers from lack of capable research.
- Empact 16y agoThe vast majority of social research doesn't establish causation either. It's an extremely difficult task for large, complex, disorganized systems (e.g. social systems, economies).