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Very interesting, but I would be interested in a link from a more objective (less political) source.
by adamc 18y ago
Very interesting, but I would be interested in a link from a more objective (less political) source.
- robg 18y agohttp://www.scribd.com/doc/15084297/Are-HighQuality-Schools-Enough-to-Close-the-Achievement-Gap-Evidence-from-a-Bold-Social-Experiment-in-Harlem http://www.scribd.com/doc/15084297/Are-HighQuality-Schools-E... More here: http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/fryer/papers_fryer http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/fryer/papers_fryer
- tokenadult 18y agoI've previously said http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=555734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=555734 that I admire Hacker News participants who can grapple with factual statements, regardless of who made them. It doesn't really interest me who said something, if what was said might be true and is worth considering. As robg, the original submitter of this thread points out, the submitted article cites the research work of a researcher whose political opinions may be very different from the columnist who wrote the submitted article.
- adamc 18y agoWell, the problem is that you can't take David Brooks' statements of "fact" at face value, as he's been known to provide rather one-sided arguments. I could undoubtedly read the original papers, but my interest isn't that high and I don't necessarily have the right background to appreciate them. What I need is a precis produced by a knowledgeable, relatively unbiased party. That's not an uncommon situation. The idea that we should all evaluate statements "regardless of who made them" is naive.
- tokenadult 18y agomy interest isn't that high That's too bad. I look things up when I am curious about things, which is often.