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The message. why is this different from book burning? >> it is quite different from book burning and heres why: because we study about george washington in our history books. its important. there is a really important piece here that research has shown that black students before taking an exam when having toki identify their ethnicity score lower on tests. this is doing that to them every single day when they walk into school. do we not want to help the black communities do better on tests? yes,...

Well. >> the schools are not doing well because our society is not doing well. the schools that youre describing where there is real failure, theyre very often filled with terrific teachers. hardworking principals. theyre underresourced. they dont have an arts program because all theyre doing is testing. they have physical education once a week because they have to do the testing. and the kids dont have the resources that they have in the tony neighborhood, and the biggest problem we have in thi...