In response to Ruth Conniff's 'The Battle Over Education and Civil Rights'.

• Author: Giebel, Doug
• Position: From the Web - Letter to the editor

In response to Ruth Conniff's "The Battle Over Education and Civil Rights":

The central folly in the "test and punish" approach to education seems obvious.

Schools in need of more attention and funding are tested and punished by draconian measures-including even less funding. All schools must be adequately, not equally, funded. Positive measures, not punishment, must be afforded to those most in need.

Unfortunately, schools...