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Not accepting student failure: today, entrenched bureaucracies and various activist groups defend the status quo in America's schools, preventing any problems from being solved.(EDUCATION)
For a brief period in January, the Internet and talk shows were abuzz with chattel" about public schools: "Did Oprah Winfrey really imply that students aren't learning because they don't want to learn", "Is it true Oprah is building a $40 million school in South Africa, and she refuses to build one in the United States?"
Oprah did, in fact, disparage the efforts of inner-city school kids. She said in an interview with Newsweek: "If you are a child in the United States, you can get an education.... I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they ...
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