Wednesday, February 13th

STARTER
Analyze the chart from the McKinsey Report (page 10) and answer these questions with a neighbor:

• What is the x axis measuring?
• What is the y axis measuring?
• What test is this graph based off of?
• What conclusions can you draw from this graph?
• How does this graph relate to our Affirmative Action debate?
• What additional information do you need to know to better understand this graph?

 McKinsey Report on the achievement gap does the following things:

• Explains why the academic achievement gap matters to our country and to individuals
• Offers key findings on the international, racial, income and systems based gaps facing the U.S.
• Assesses the economic impact of these gaps for the economy as a whole and for individuals
• Suggests potential implications/solutions and suggests further areas of research/study.

AGENDA

1.  Class B: Develop questions for Justice Castañeda who will be skype-ing in on Friday to chat with us about his work in education, poverty and urban planning.

2. Project Work Time Goals

• Continue recording arguments from BOTH sides of the debate
• Read the McKinsey Report on the Achievement Gap for statistics that might apply to either side of the debate.

3. Class poll on everyone's position.  Complete the form with your preferences for the debate.

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