Subject: Root cause of the

Posted by Ed Johnson on 12/23/2010
In Reply To:Root cause of the "teaching systems" problem Posted by Jack Harich on 12/23/2010

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Correction: For example, where do both graduates and drop outs come from?

In a message dated 12/23/2010 11:29:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, EdwJohnson@AOL.COM writes:
"Thus quality of schools is a low leverage point. Something exists outside of schools that's the real source (the root cause) of the problem. Fix it and the result will feedback to automatically improve schools. This runs against conventional wisdom."

Really?

To get to asking Why? questions to get a root causes, it might be useful to start by asking an essential Where? question or two. For example, where do both graduates and drop outs come?

Ed Johnson