Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Passion and principle
October 2008
Franklin CampbellJones, author and cultural proficiency expert, says, “Get ethical before you get technical” (personal communication, 2005). School improvement without will and moral purpose — without a genuine commitment to all students — is an empty exercise in compliance that, in our experience, can do more harm than good. We have seen educators use data to “more accurately” track students, further widening the opportunity-to-learn gap. In response to achievement gaps, one school mandated lunchtime tutoring for all black students, regardless of whether or not they failed the state test (Confrey & Makar, 2005). Avoiding these and other data-based disasters is not a technical matter. It is an ethical matter that begins with will, passion, and determination. As you look to move your schools away from
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