Jeannie Oakes- "Why Schools Need To Take Another Role"

key words- tracking, unfairness, inequality, students, parents

Authors Argument- tracking can be good, but most of the time it has bad consequences for the student, they are not given the right chance to succeed in their life, and the tracking follows them throughout their school years

evidence- "The Kind of changes likely to promote high-quality learning for all students in heterogeneous classrooms go far beyond mere fine tuning or correct practice. These changes also require fundamental changes in the structure of schooling and teacher's work" p.181

Comments- i believe Oakes is correct in this point of view, for example in my class i have seen tracking in a good way i think, but on the other hand i think that its a bad thing, my teacher has me dealing with all the smarter kids i believe, so that they are not held back by the other kids, i dont know if this is true or not, but its just the feeling that i get.