Coming from a family of people who work in public education (including large inner city districts), I've always understood the problems afflicting poor, inner city district to be very complex and multi faceted. There's a litany of factors that contribute, such as readiness, facilities, teachers, political pressure, extreme poverty, and a host of others. And complicating matters is how interrelated all of these are.
However, browsing the subs here it seems that the problem has been reduced to a matter of funding, ie that there's no political will to pay for it. Further, it seems that any notion of school choice is seen as a plain evil, in whatever form it takes.
I think it's worth discussing what the issues are, and trying to tease out the different factors so we can better understand the nature of the problem. I'm not a school choice zealot, but am interested in learning, discussing, and debating the pros and cons of alternative models, especially considering the widespread failure of the current model for low income families. However, it seems very clear that this is no such place, which is disappointing.
I'm really not trying to pick a fight, but I think education is an important enough topic that it's worth risking some contention.
Submitted December 20, 2016 at 09:27AM by cjf4 http://ift.tt/2h6PCGn
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