I re-read Up The Down Staircase earlier this summer, after 10 years of teaching in NYC public high schools, and it still rings true. Struggling for better education is indeed complex, which is probably why it is politically untenable, and don't-call-it-a-silver-bullet silver bullet type solutions get imposed instead.

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