“ In one of Chicago’s poorest communities, McCarter has provided the knowledge, support and technology for his students to succeed, and they have thrived. His students have won more video awards than the Coen brothers. ”
from a blog post by Will Okun, a Chicago Public Schools teacher. The post is about how attendence “trumps intelligence, work ethic and economic background as the most important indicator of achievement versus failure.”
His argument is that students only need to look forward to one class for them to come to school for the whole day. The above quotation refers to a video broadcasting program run completely by students on Chicago’s West Side.
