When talking about the states ridiculous plan to set benchmarks based on race, Mr. Gentry said: Gentry said Florida’s education department should stop basing student achievement metrics on race and start focusing on a student’s level of poverty.
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“It truly doesn’t matter the race of a child,” he said. “If he or she comes from a single family home in poverty, they’re probably not going to do well. The problem we’re trying to fix is rooted in socioeconomic gaps, not race, so why are we categorizing based on ethnic groups.”
What else needs to be said?
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