Carnival of Education

Recognizing the Carnival of Education is overdue, especially so since we've begun making regular contributions over the past several weeks! In any case, in keeping with Political Calculations^(TM) ongoing recognition of the best posts offered among the various Carnivals in the blogosphere, here are the top education posts from this week's Carnival (hosted by the Education Wonk):a

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  Quincy of News, the Universe, and Everything asks The Great Unanswered Question of why students from low socio-economic status backgrounds do poorly on standardized tests.
  


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  What classes should form the core of any college curriculum in the U.S.? Matt Johnston of Going to the Mat offers his choices.
  


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  Joanne Jacobs finds that students in San Diego don't graduate from eighth grade so much as they're automatically promoted. Read the comments from the trenches below!