[Leica] Photo Essay

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks Don for that info, so when I get a bit more time, I must do a 
little more research into class sizes and teacher standards.

Douglas


On 29/02/2020 23:59, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Douglas, at least two states, Kansas and Texas, take funds from the richer
> counties and send those funds to school districts that are both poorer and/
> or much lower population.   Educational outcomes are not so much a funding
> issue as a combination of school curriculum, parental involvement, social
> structures, individual desire for education, and the actual social
> structure within the school.
>
> Here in Austin we have excellent outcomes within AISD for the schools
> within the more prosperous parts of town and dedicated schools such as the
> Ann Richard's school for girls that dedicates itself to STEM and girls from
> the poorest neighborhood.  What needs to be done is for our social
> scientists to figure out what will motivate those who come from extremity
> broken homes or who come from a social structure that doesn't value
> education.
>
> This isn't about money per se but about each child and what will motivate/
> encourage that unique person to become all that they can be.   The charter
> schools in NYC that take students only by lottery do a much better job than
> the all public schools for a large number of reasons but probably because
> the parents/ students self select as being interested in getting an
> education.   Now we need to reach those children that don't know/ care
> about what could be with knowledge and critical thinking.
>
> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 5:35 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> Depressingly fascinating insight into the failure of the US system,
>> Tina, particularly education. The idea that wealthy areas fund their own
>> area's schools whose pupils are thus streets ahead of underfunded poor
>> areas' school pupils is completely inequitable, and, of course, a recipe
>> for continuing misery. Children should be given a chance to excel, not a
>> reason to fail. If they blow it - well, on their own heads be it.
>>
>> Will anything change? Unlikely.
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>> On 29/02/2020 17:08, Tina Manley via LUG wrote:
>>> PESO:
>>>
>>> A powerful, depressing photo essay about what is wrong with the world
>> today
>>> right here at home.
>>>
>>>
>> https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/02/us/tightrope-nicholas-kristof-cnnphotos/index.html
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>
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