Standardizing Drawback | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter [The Glenn Show]

00:42 Why NYC’s elite faculties are ditching standardized entry exams
05:40 John: The tutorial achievement hole is a cultural concern
10:58 Getting good grades and the strain in opposition to “appearing white”
18:24 What’s oppositional tradition idea?
26:30 John: There’s no alternative for parental instruction
36:41 Has there been a sea change on the stigma in opposition to “appearing white”?
46:57 The Faculty Board’s controversial new “adversity index”

Glenn Loury (Watson Institute for Worldwide and Public Affairs, Brown College) and John McWhorter (Columbia College, Lexicon Valley, The Atlantic)

Recorded Could 20, 2019

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