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Thernstorms' `No Excuses' oversimplifies the racial gap in schools.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Byline: Sarah Carr

"No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning" By Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom; Simon & Schuster ($26.)

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Money matters little. Great teachers matter a lot. "Culture" matters most.

This is the argument of Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, authors of "No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning." The husband and wife team pan those educators and activists who argue that public schools are under-funded and poverty and racism are the two leading causes of the achievement gap between white and minority students.

Instead, they argue that great teachers _ free from some of the bureaucratic fetters that weigh down schools _ make all the ...

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