Why Do Students of Different Races Achieve as They Do?
In one heck of an op-ed by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld in the NY Times Sunday Review, they lay out their case for the three conflicting (somewhat) reasons why students in different groups perform the way they do. The two authors have a book coming out called "The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America." It's long but worth it (especially the comments). The comments are widely different and you can see a lot of "right on" with "racist trash." One commenter asked a question, "A more pressing question for us here in the US is "What drives a successful SOCIETY?" Is that the more important question - how we succeed as a society or as individuals? Another says: I think the authors have a very limited idea of what constitutes success--"income, test scores and so on." What's missing is emotional success: humanity, compassion, strong family ties, empathy. A...