730 Blake Gumprecht – Graduating students who don’t deserve to graduate isn’t the solution and ought to be a scandal

On this week’s interview Paul talks to former Cuba Schools teacher and author of an impactful op-ed Blake Gumprecht. You can read his opinion piece from the Albuquerque Journal here in which he decried the pressure he and other teachers experienced to pass unprepared students along. He also had concerns about the vast gulf between student achievement and graduation rates.

Gumprecht and Gessing certainly agree that what is happening in Santa Fe regarding education is unacceptable but don’t necessarily agree on solutions. Check out this impactful conversation!

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